Palomar Street Transit Center 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 Transit Center | |||||||||||
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 Palomar Street Transit Center in 2010, before renovations | |||||||||||
| 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 |  MTS: 701, 704, 712[2] | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 305 spaces[3] | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 4 rack spaces, 1 lockers[4] | ||||||||||
| Accessible |  | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 75008, 75009[5] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 26, 1981[6] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2014[7] | ||||||||||
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History
editPalomar Street Transit Center 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 March 2014,[8] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project;[9] it reopened with a renovated station platform in November 2014.[7][10]
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 ()
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| Southbound | Blue Line toward San Ysidro () →
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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. May 14, 2015. 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. October 8, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ^ "Construction Advisory Trolley Station Construction & Detours: Palomar Street Trolley Station Construction & Parking Impacts" (pdf). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. March 12, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ^ 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 August 7, 2015 – via Twitter.
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