Summary
Palomar Street station is a station on the Blue Line of the San Diego Trolley located in the city of Chula Vista, California. The stop serves a variety of purposes, holding the function of commuter center with a park and ride lot and providing access to the nearby commercial, industrial, and residential areas, as well as Southwestern Community College.
Palomar Street | |||||||||||
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| San Diego Trolley station | |||||||||||
 The station before renovations in 2010 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 745 Industrial Avenue Chula Vista, California United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°36′11″N 117°05′07″W / 32.6029319°N 117.0853116°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: 701, 704, 712[2] Viejas Casino shuttle[3] | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 305 spaces | ||||||||||
| Accessible |  | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 75008, 75009[4] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 26, 1981[5] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | November 2014[6] | ||||||||||
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History edit
Palomar Street 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.[5][1]
This station was renovated, starting March 2014,[7] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project;[8] it reopened with a renovated station platform in November 2014.[6][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 (H Street)
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| Southbound | Blue Line toward San Ysidro (Palm Avenue) →
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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. September 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ "South County Schedule - Viejas Casino & Resort". 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Schedules & Real Time". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 14 May 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "History". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 22 May 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "Trolley Renewal Construction Advisory". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. October 8, 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ^ "Construction Advisory Trolley Station Construction & Detours: Palomar Street Trolley Station Construction & Parking Impacts" (pdf). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. March 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
- ^ "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ^ San Diego MTS [@@sdmts] (November 5, 2014). "New platform now in service at Palomar St! :) Thanks for your patience as we renovate the Blue Line #TrolleyRenewal" (Tweet). Retrieved 2015-08-07 – via Twitter.