La Mesa Boulevard station

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La Mesa Boulevard
San Diego Trolley station
Location8248 La Mesa Boulevard, La Mesa, California
United States
Coordinates32°45′52″N 117°01′13″W / 32.764525°N 117.020152°W / 32.764525; -117.020152Coordinates: 32°45′52″N 117°01′13″W / 32.764525°N 117.020152°W / 32.764525; -117.020152
Owned bySan Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Operated bySan Diego Trolley
Line(s)La Mesa Branch[1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Metropolitan Transit System: 852[2]
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Disabled accessDisabled access
Other information
Station code75034, 75035[3]
History
OpenedJune 23, 1989 (1989-06-23)[4]
RebuiltFall 2012[5]
Services
Preceding station San Diego Trolley Following station
Spring Street
towards Courthouse
 Orange Line Grossmont Transit Center
towards Arnele Avenue
Location

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 ← San Diego Trolley Orange Line.svg Orange Line toward Courthouse (Spring Street)
Eastbound → San Diego Trolley Orange Line.svg Orange Line toward Arnele Avenue (Grossmont Transit Center) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "San Diego & Arizona Eastern (SD&AE) Railway" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. April 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "San Diego Regional Transit Map" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. September 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "Schedules & Real Time". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "History". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. September 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  6. ^ "La Mesa Depot Museum | San Diego Reader". www.sandiegoreader.com. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  7. ^ "La Mesa Depot". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  8. ^ "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. June 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

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