8th Street station is a station on the Blue Line of the San Diego Trolley located in National City, California. Surrounded by an industrial area, the primary focus of this station is to serve as a commuter lot, as it is easily accessible from Interstate 5.
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 8th Street station platforms in 2019 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 555 West 8th Street National City, California United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°40′26″N 117°06′52″W / 32.673759°N 117.114419°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 |  MTS: 932, 955, 962, 963, 968[2] | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 123 spaces[3] | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 8 rack spaces, 2 lockers[4] | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 75016, 75017[5] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 26, 1981[6] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2014[7] | ||||||||||
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History
edit8th 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.[6][1]
This station was renovated, starting January 20, 2014[8] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project;[9] it reopened with a renovated station platform in early September 2014.[7]
Station layout
editThere are two tracks, each with a side platform.
| Side platform, doors open on the right | |
| Northbound | ← .svg){kind=small} Blue Line toward UTC (Pacific Fleet)
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| Southbound | Blue Line toward San Ysidro (24th Street) →
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| Side platform, doors open on the right | |
See also
editReferences
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 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ "Transit Station Parking". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ "Interactive San Diego Regional Bike Map". San Diego Association of Governments. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ "Schedules & Real Time". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "History". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. May 22, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "Trolley Renewal Construction Advisory". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. September 9, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ^ "Construction Advisory Trolley Station Closures and Detours Station Construction: 8th Street Station" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. November 25, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ^ "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
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