Summary
Convention Center station is a station of the Green and Silver Lines on the San Diego Trolley. It is located in the Marina District section of the city, which features a variety of waterfront apartments just west of Downtown. The San Diego Convention Center is located adjacent to the station, and Petco Park is less than half a mile away. This station opened June 30, 1990 as part of the Orange Line's (then called the East Line) Bayside Extension.[2]
Convention Center | ||||||||||||||||
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| San Diego Trolley station | ||||||||||||||||
 The station in 2011, when it was served by the Orange Line | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 301 First Avenue San Diego, California United States | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°42′33″N 117°09′51″W / 32.709118°N 117.164044°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | San Diego Metropolitan Transit System | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | San Diego Trolley | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Bayside Corridor | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 75096, 75097[1] | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | June 30, 1990[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | July 2012[3] | |||||||||||||||
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It was closed from April 9 through July 2012[3] to undergo renovations as part of the Trolley Renewal Project.[4]
On September 2, 2012, service to this station by the Orange Line was replaced by the Green Line as part of a system redesign.[5]
Station layout edit
There are two tracks, each with a side platform. A third track handles freight operations on the line. Silver Line heritage service operates Friday through Sunday only.
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound | ←  Green Line toward Santee Town Center (Seaport Village)←  Silver Line downtown loop (Seaport Village)
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| Southbound | Green Line toward 12th & Imperial (Gaslamp Quarter) →
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| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Main line | ← BNSF Railway freight service, to/from Coaster yard → |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Schedules & Real Time". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ a b Ristine, Jeff (July 23, 2006). "After 25 years, the trolley keeps on moving". San Diego Union-Tribune. Union-Tribune Publishing Co. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
- ^ a b "Construction Alert Upcoming Trolley Station and Road Closures June through February 2013" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. June 26, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
- ^ "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ^ "September 2, 2012 Service Changes. Major Bus and Trolley Service Changes". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2013-12-29.