How to Get from San Francisco International Airport to La Casa Inn

BART connects SFO with downtown San Francisco, where you can transfer to local transit. The train ride from the airport to downtown takes about 30 minutes.

At Powell Street, you can connect with the Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason cable cars, as well as San Francisco Muni routes.

Routes serving Russian Hill include the cable cars and routes 1 California, 8 Bayshore, 10 Townsend, 12 Folsom/Pacific, 19 Polk, 30 Stockton, 41 Union and 45 Union/Stockton. The San Francisco cable cars from Russian Hill are one local connection to consider.

Powell Street station is at 899 Market Street, at Powell and Market Streets. If you’re traveling with luggage or have mobility needs, BART stations have elevators and extra-wide fare gates. At Powell Street, getting between the street and train level requires two elevators: one at Ellis and Market Streets and another on the platform.

For payment, BART fare gates accept contactless bank cards, Google Pay and Apple Pay. Each rider age 5 or older needs a separate card or device, and you must use the same payment method to enter and exit. You can also buy a Clipper card at the SFO BART station; Clipper works on BART and Muni.

Taxis pick up passengers at designated roadway center-island zones on the Arrivals/Baggage Claim Level of every SFO terminal. Fares are metered, and San Francisco taxi fares include a $6.00 exit surcharge for trips originating at SFO.

Uniformed taxi coordinators are stationed at the taxi zones from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. You can request a wheelchair-accessible taxi from a coordinator or call *1107 from an airport courtesy phone.

Lyft and Uber pickups at domestic terminals are on Level 5 of the Domestic Garage. At the International Terminal, Lyft, Uber and Wingz pickups are at the Departures/Ticketing Level roadway center-island zones 12–17.

Wingz pickups at domestic terminals are on the Arrivals Level, with locations at Terminal 1 Doors 7 and 8, Terminal 2 Doors 4 and 5, and Terminal 3 between United Blue Signs 8 and 10.

If someone is driving to collect you, SFO allows drivers to wait for arriving passengers in its Cell Phone Waiting Lot for up to one hour. Vehicles may not wait at terminal curbsides or on airport roadways; curbsides are for active pickup and drop-off only. SFO’s Rental Car Center is accessible by the AirTrain Blue Line.

Check the BART schedule before choosing a train, especially for a late arrival. Airport service runs from 4:58 a.m. to midnight on weekdays, 5:47 a.m. to midnight on Saturdays and 8:08 a.m. to midnight on Sundays. BART advises using its Trip Planner for specific departures and planned delays.

For a bus alternative, SamTrans Route 292 stops at airport terminals, and SamTrans operates from SFO around the clock. Late-night service is limited to Routes ECR Owl and 397. If you plan to connect from Powell Street to Russian Hill, Union Square and downtown San Francisco transit includes local routes serving the area.

Before you go, check the official site before you go: consult BART and SFO for current schedules, fares and pickup arrangements.

Where is the BART station at SFO?

The SFO BART station is in the International Terminal on Level 3. A free SFO AirTrain connects it with the other terminals.

Which BART train goes from SFO to Powell Street?

Take a northbound Yellow Line train toward Antioch or a Red Line train toward Richmond. Both serve downtown San Francisco stations, including Powell Street.

Where do you meet a taxi at SFO?

Taxi pickup is at designated roadway center-island zones on the Arrivals/Baggage Claim Level of all terminals. Taxi coordinators are stationed at those zones from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.