Washington Street station (San Diego Trolley)
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| Location | 2136 West Washington Street San Diego, California United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°44′30″N 117°11′01″W / 32.741725°N 117.183504°W | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | San Diego Metropolitan Transit System | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | San Diego Trolley | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Surf Line | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  MTS: 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | June 16, 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Washington Street 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 at West Washington Street, in a largely industrial area of San Diego. The stop also serves Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and the Mission Hills neighborhood, which includes a variety of medium-density housing within blocks of the station.
This station opened on June 16, 1996 as part of the North/South Line (later renamed the Blue Line) extension to the Old Town Transit Center.[1] On July 2, 2011, the station was closed for renovations[2][3] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project.[4] It was originally supposed to reopen by early September,[2] but numerous construction issues pushed the reopening to November 24, 2011.[5][6]
The stone wall on the Southbound side of the station was destroyed in the Summer of 2024 and instead replaced with a fence side with remnants of the old wall.
Station layout
There 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 (Old Town)←  Green Line toward El Cajon (Old Town)
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| Southbound | Blue Line toward San Ysidro (Middletown) → Green Line toward 12th & Imperial (Middletown) →
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| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound | ←  Coaster does not stop here←  Pacific Surfliner does not stop here
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| Southbound | Coaster does not stop here → Pacific Surfliner does not stop here →
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See also
References
- ^ Ristine, Jeff (July 23, 2006). "After 25 years, the trolley keeps on moving". San Diego Union-Tribune. Union-Tribune Publishing Co. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ a b "MTS Starts Downtown Trolley Station Reconstruction Washington Street Station to Close Temporarily on July 2". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. June 23, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Washington Street Trolley station to close for renewal". San Diego Union-Tribune. Union-Tribune Publishing Co. June 27, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- ^ "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ^ "Washington St Station now to remain closed thru late Nov due to construction issues". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (via Twitter). November 14, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ Castillo, Efren (October 17, 2011). "Washington Street Trolley Station". San Diego Reader. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
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