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San Francisco
Coming & Going
AIR
The San Francisco area is served by three airports: San Francisco International (SFO; tel (650) 876 7809; website www.flysfo.com), Oakland International (OAK; tel (510) 577 4000; website www.flyoakland.com) and San Jose International (SJC; tel (408) 277 4759; website www.sjc.org).
San Francisco International and Oakland International are the closest to the city centre with cheap and easy connections on the BART train ($5.10).
BUS
Long distance buses arrive at and depart from the Transbay Terminal at 425 Mission Street. In addition to Greyhound buses to destinations across the country there are buses to neighbouring counties operated by AC Transit (tel (510) 839 2882), Golden Gate Transit (tel (415) 932 2000) and Sam Trans (tel 800 660 4287).
Megabus (website www.megabus.com) buses to Los Angeles depart from
TRAIN
San Francisco’s train station at the corner of 4th and Townsend Streets is served by suburban Caltrain (tel 800 660 4287; website www.caltrain.com) services to Silicon Valley and San Jose.
Long distance Amtrak trains (tel 800 872 7245; website www.amtrak.com) stop on the other side of the bay in Emeryville and Oakland.
