Palm Avenue station is a station on the Blue Line of the San Diego Trolley located in the Palm City neighborhood of San Diego. 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 and residential areas.
Palm Avenue | |||||||||||
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 Palm Avenue station in August 2019 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 2340 Palm Avenue San Diego, California United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°35′02″N 117°05′00″W / 32.583871°N 117.083329°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: 932, 933, 934[2] | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 499 spaces[3] | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 8 rack spaces, 2 lockers[4] | ||||||||||
| Accessible |  | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 75006, 75007[5] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 26, 1981[6] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2015[7] | ||||||||||
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History
editPalm Avenue 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 originally scheduled to undergo renovation starting September 2014,[8][9] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project,[10] though actual renovation construction didn't begin until October 2014;[7][11] it reopened with a renovated station platform in March 2015. During 2024, a plan to take down the park and ride to build apartment buildings is being decided. This would be one of few stations in the San Diego Trolley that had a park and ride removed and replaced by apartment buildings.[12][13]
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 (Palomar Street)
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| Southbound | Blue Line toward San Ysidro (Iris Avenue) →
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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. 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.
- ^ "Trolley Renewal Construction Advisory". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. August 13, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ "Construction Advisory Trolley Station Closures & Detours: Palm Avenue Trolley Station". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. August 22, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ^ "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ^ San Diego MTS [@@sdmts] (October 20, 2014). "Renovation started at Palm Ave & is expected through Spring 2015.Thanks for your patience as we improve the Trolley!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 7, 2015 – via Twitter.
- ^ San Diego MTS [@@sdmts] (March 27, 2015). "Service is operating on permanent platform @ Palm! We hope you enjoy the new look! Parking lot to open fully in April" (Tweet). Retrieved August 7, 2015 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Trolley Renewal Construction Advisory". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. April 16, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
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