Summary
Iris Avenue station is a station on the Blue Line of the San Diego Trolley in the Otay Mesa West neighborhood of San Diego. The stop serves a variety of purposes, holding the function of commuter center with a park and ride lot and to provide access to the nearby commercial and residential areas.
Iris Avenue | |||||||||||
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 Iris Avenue station platforms in August 2019 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 3120 Iris Avenue San Diego, California United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°34′09″N 117°03′58″W / 32.569097°N 117.066101°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | San Diego Metropolitan Transit System | ||||||||||
| Operated by | San Diego Trolley | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | SD&AE Main Line[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Metropolitan Transit System: Rapid 227, 901, 905, 906, 907, 929, 932, 933, 934[2] | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 192 spaces (lower due to west side being reconstructed for routes 934 and 907/906) | ||||||||||
| Accessible |  | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 75004, 75005[3] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 26, 1981[4] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | May 2015[5] | ||||||||||
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History edit
Iris Avenue opened as part of the initial 15.9-mile (25.6 km) "South Line" of the San Diego Trolley system on July 26, 1981, operating from San Ysidro north to Downtown San Diego using the main line tracks of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway.[4][1]
This station was originally scheduled to undergo renovation starting September 2014, and in 2023, MTS reconstructed the west side of the parking lot following the finishing of Rapid 227. It was completed and put to service on October 15, 2023 for routes 933/934 and 906/907. MTS would finish the renewal project on Iris avenue in 2015.[6][7] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project,[8][5] it reopened with a renovated station platform in May 2015.[9]
Station layout edit
There are two tracks, each with a side platform.
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound | ←  Blue Line toward UTC (Palm Avenue)
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| Southbound | Blue Line toward San Ysidro (Beyer Boulevard) →
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| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "San Diego & Arizona Eastern (SD&AE) Railway" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. April 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ "San Diego Regional Transit Map" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. October 15, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
- ^ "Schedules & Real Time". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "History". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "Trolley Renewal Construction Advisory". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. October 8, 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ^ "Trolley Renewal Construction Advisory". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. August 13, 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
- ^ "Construction Advisory Trolley Station Closures & Detours: Iris Avenue Trolley Station" (pdf). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. August 22, 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
- ^ "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ^ San Diego MTS [@@sdmts] (May 1, 2015). "#MTSAlert Iris Ave permanent Trolley platform is now in service! Pls note: bus bays have moved from lot w of the tracks to original location" (Tweet). Retrieved 2015-08-07 – via Twitter.