La Mesa Boulevard station
La Mesa Boulevard | |||||||||||
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San Diego Trolley station | |||||||||||
Location | 8248 La Mesa Boulevard, La Mesa, California United States | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°45′52″N 117°01′13″W / 32.764525°N 117.020152°WCoordinates: 32°45′52″N 117°01′13″W / 32.764525°N 117.020152°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | San Diego Metropolitan Transit System | ||||||||||
Operated by | San Diego Trolley | ||||||||||
Line(s) | La Mesa Branch[1] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Metropolitan Transit System: 852[2] | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
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Station code | 75034, 75035[3] | ||||||||||
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Opened | June 23, 1989[4] | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | Fall 2012[5] | ||||||||||
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La Mesa Boulevard is a station on the Orange Line of the San Diego Trolley located in the San Diego suburb of La Mesa, California. It serves the dense nearby commercial area, as well as a variety of apartment buildings that surround the stop.
Adjacent to the station is the historic La Mesa Depot Museum owned by the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. The museum is a restored station from 1894, and has original equipment from that era including a Steam locomotive and Caboose.[6] The station building was built in 1894, when the San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway had built it, and moved across the tracks to its current site in 1915.[7] Passenger service stopped in 1928, and did not restart until 1989 as part of the San Diego Trolley.
History[]
La Mesa Boulevard opened as part of the third segment of the East Line on June 23, 1989, operated from 12th & Imperial Transit Center to El Cajon Transit Center. The line was extended to its current terminus in 1995.[4]
This station was renovated from June 2012[8] through fall 2012[5] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project, although the station remained open during construction.
Station layout[]
There are two tracks, each served by a side platform.
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Westbound | ← Orange Line toward Courthouse (Spring Street) |
Eastbound | Orange Line toward Arnele Avenue (Grossmont Transit Center) → |
Side platform, doors will open on the right |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Schedules & Real Time". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "History". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. September 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
- ^ "La Mesa Depot Museum | San Diego Reader". www.sandiegoreader.com. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ^ "La Mesa Depot". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ^ "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. June 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
External links[]
- San Diego Trolley stations
- La Mesa, California
- 1989 establishments in California
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1989
- California railway station stubs