Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Blue & Gold Ferries FERRY
( GOOGLE MAP ; 415-705-8200; www.blueandgoldfleet.com ; $6.25 one-way)
Runs the Alameda-Oakland ferry from Pier 41 and the Ferry Building.
Golden Gate Ferry FERRY
(
415-455-2000; www.goldengateferry.org ; adult/child $9.75/4.75;
6am-9:30pm Mon-Fri,
10am-6pm Sat & Sun)
Ferry service from the Ferry Building to Sausalito and Larkspur.
Vallejo Ferry FERRY
( GOOGLE MAP ; 877-643-3779; www.baylinkferry.com ; adult/child $13/6.50)
Get to Napa car-free via Vallejo Ferry with departures from Ferry Building docks 6:30am
to 7pm weekdays and 11am to 7:30pm weekends; bikes permitted. From Vallejo Ferry Ter-
minal, take Napa Valley Vine bus 10.
TRAIN
CalTrain ( www.caltrain.com ; cnr 4th & King Sts) Links San Francisco to the South Bay, ending
in San Jose.
Amtrak ( 800-872-7245; www.amtrakcalifornia.com ) Serves San Francisco via Oakland
stations, with free shuttle buses to San Francisco. Scenic routes with sleeping cars include
the 35-hour Los Angeles-Seattle run via Oakland on the Coast Starlight , and the 51-hour
Chicago-Oakland journey on the California Zephyr .
Getting Around
For Bay Area transit options, departures and arrivals, check 511 or www.511.org .
TO/FROM THE AIRPORT
BART Direct 30-minute ride to/from downtown.
SuperShuttle ( 800-258-3826; www.supershuttle.com ) Door-to-door vans depart baggage-
claim areas, taking 45 minutes to most SF locations; $17.
Taxis To/from downtown costs $35 to $50.
BART
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