La Mesa Boulevard station
La Mesa Boulevard station is a station on the Orange Line of the San Diego Trolley 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.
La Mesa Boulevard | |||||||||||
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 A view of La Mesa Boulevard station from Spring Street | |||||||||||
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| Location | 8248 La Mesa Boulevard La Mesa, California United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 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) | SD&AE La Mesa Branch[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  MTS: 1, 852[2] | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 8 rack spaces, 2 lockers[3] | ||||||||||
| Accessible |  | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 75034, 75035[4] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 23, 1989[5] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2012[6] | ||||||||||
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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 the era, including a steam locomotive and caboose.[7] The station building was built in 1894, when the San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway was built, and it was moved across the tracks to its current site in 1915.[8] Passenger service stopped in 1928, and did not restart until 1989 as part of the San Diego Trolley.
History
editLa Mesa Boulevard opened as part of the third segment of the East Line on June 23, 1989, operated from 12th & Imperial to El Cajon. The line was extended to its current terminus in 1995.[5]
This station was renovated from June 2012[9] through fall 2012[6] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project, although the station remained open during construction.
Station layout
editThere are two tracks, each served by a side platform.
| Side platform, doors open on the right | |
| Westbound | ← .svg){kind=small} Orange Line toward Courthouse (Spring Street)
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| Eastbound | Orange Line toward El Cajon (Grossmont) →
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| Side platform, doors open on the right | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Interactive San Diego Regional Bike Map". San Diego Association of Governments. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ "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 September 19, 2012. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
- ^ "La Mesa Depot Museum | San Diego Reader". www.sandiegoreader.com. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ "La Mesa Depot". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. June 2012. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
External links
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