Newbie from Australia planning train trip

[Bob Dylan]

What time does your flight arrive at SFO? If early enough it looks like you can catch a BART at the airport that will take you to Oakland. Got to be cheaper than Uber.
You may also already have the Lyft app and be familiar with it. If not, I would recommend that you get it. Arriving late into Reno last fall - Uber wanted $50 for a trip from Amtrak to the airport. Same car, same driver was $20 on Lyft! Usually there’s only a buck or two difference, I don’t know what was going on that evening.

Uber was doing "Surge" Pricing!

 

[drcool]

What time does your flight arrive at SFO? If early enough it looks like you can catch a BART at the airport that will take you to Oakland. Got to be cheaper than Uber.
You may also already have the Lyft app and be familiar with it. If not, I would recommend that you get it. Arriving late into Reno last fall - Uber wanted $50 for a trip from Amtrak to the airport. Same car, same driver was $20 on Lyft! Usually there’s only a buck or two difference, I don’t know what was going on that evening.

Our flight arrives at SFO at 5.10pm. Is that early enough to get the BART? And yes I do have the Lyft app but it isn't in use here where we live. Thanks Cal H

 

[Cal H]

Our flight arrives at SFO at 5.10pm. Is that early enough to get the BART? And yes I do have the Lyft app but it isn't in use here where we live. Thanks Cal H

It looks like BART runs up until midnight. You would want to see how close it would get to your hotel.
We got off one evening at 19th st. We were a bit uncomfortable at street level as it was getting dark and there wasn’t a lot of pedestrian traffic…

 

[drcool]

It looks like BART runs up until midnight. You would want to see how close it would get to your hotel.
We got off one evening at 19th st. We were a bit uncomfortable at street level as it was getting dark and there wasn’t a lot of pedestrian traffic…

Thanks for the advice on that Cal H. I'll have a close look at it. Cheers

 

[zephyr17]

Our flight arrives at SFO at 5.10pm. Is that early enough to get the BART? And yes I do have the Lyft app but it isn't in use here where we live. Thanks Cal H

You want the Yellow or Red line to go from SFO to 12th St/Oakland City Center (closest stop to Jack London Square).

Last Yellow Line departure from SFO is midnight straight up 7 days a week.

Last Red Line from SFO is 8:55 pm 7 days a week.

 

[drcool]

You want the Yellow or Red line to go from SFO to 12th St/Oakland City Center (closest stop to Jack London Square).

Last Yellow Line departure from SFO is midnight straight up 7 days a week.

Last Red Line from SFO is 8:55 pm 7 days a week.

That is fantastic information for me. Thank you so much zephyr17. It is greatly appreciated

 

[zephyr17]

That is fantastic information for me. Thank you so much zephyr17. It is greatly appreciated

It's a 12 block walk to Jack London Square (1st St) and includes crossing underneath the Nimitz Freeway.

That is something I'd think twice about much after dark. You might want to Lyft/Uber from BART to Jack London.

 

[drcool]

It's a 12 block walk to Jack London Square (1st St) and includes crossing underneath the Nimitz Freeway.

That is something I'd think twice about much after dark. You might want to Lyft/Uber from BART to Jack London.

Thank you. That sounds like a good idea

 

[drcool]

It's a 12 block walk to Jack London Square (1st St) and includes crossing underneath the Nimitz Freeway.

That is something I'd think twice about much after dark. You might want to Lyft/Uber from BART to Jack London.

I'm thinking that we might try and get a hotel close to the BART station (it looks like there a couple very close) and then get the Uber/Lyft the next morning to Jack London. Thanks again