County Center/Little Italy station is an at-grade station on the Blue Line and Green Line of the San Diego Trolley system. It is located along the Surf Line right of way between West Beech Street and West Cedar Street, in the Little Italy neighborhood of downtown San Diego. The area has a variety of medium and high-density housing, and is also the site of the County Center, the location of many buildings for the Government of San Diego County.
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![]() County Center/Little Italy station in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 1550 California Street San Diego, California | |||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°43′21″N 117°10′13″W / 32.722480°N 117.170174°W | |||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | San Diego Metropolitan Transit System | |||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | San Diego Trolley | |||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Surf Line | |||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | July 2, 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
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County Center/Little Italy station opened on July 2, 1992 and served as the northern terminus for the North/South Line (later renamed the Blue Line) until the line was extended to Old Town Transit Center in June 1996.[1] This station was closed from August 6[2] to October 14, 2012[3] for renovations as part of the Trolley Renewal Project.[4]
Station layout
editThere are four tracks, two for the trolley station and two passing tracks for commuter, intercity, and BNSF freight service.
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Northbound | ← Blue Line toward UTC (Middletown) ← Green Line toward Santee (Middletown) |
Southbound | Blue Line toward San Ysidro (Santa Fe Depot) → Green Line toward 12th & Imperial (Santa Fe Depot) → |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Northbound | ← Coaster does not stop here ← Pacific Surfliner does not stop here |
Southbound | Coaster does not stop here → Pacific Surfliner does not stop here → |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Construction Advisory Trolley Station Closures & Detours County Center/Little Italy Trolley Station" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. July 6, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
- ^ "Construction Advisory Trolley Station Closures & Detours October 2012 through March 2013" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. October 10, 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.