El Cajon Transit Center

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El Cajon Transit Center
El Cajon Transit Center.jpg
El Cajon Transit Center station, April 2017
General information
Location352 South Marshall Avenue
El Cajon, California
United States
Coordinates 32°47′34″N116°58′34″W / 32.79278°N 116.97611°W / 32.79278; -116.97611
Owned by San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Operated by San Diego Trolley
Line(s) SD&AE La Mesa Branch [1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking469 spaces [5]
Bicycle facilities4 rack spaces, 1  locker [6]
Accessible Wheelchair symbol.svg
Other information
Station code75026, 75027 [7]
History
OpenedJune 23, 1989 (1989-06-23) [8]
Rebuilt2018
Previous namesMain & Marshall (1989–1990)
Services
Preceding station San Diego Trolley Following station
Terminus Copper Line Arnele Avenue
towards Santee
Amaya Drive Green Line Terminus
Amaya Drive
towards Courthouse
Orange Line
Former services
Preceding station San Diego Trolley Following station
Amaya Drive Green Line
2012-2024
Arnele Avenue
towards Santee
Amaya Drive
towards Old Town
Green Line
2005-2012
Amaya Drive Orange Line
2018-2024
Arnele Avenue
Terminus
Amaya Drive
towards America Plaza
Orange Line
2017-2018
Terminus
Amaya Drive Orange Line
2012-2017
Amaya Drive Orange Line
2005-2012
Arnele Avenue
Orange Line
1995-2005
Arnele Avenue
towards Santee
Location
El Cajon Transit Center

El Cajon Transit Center (formerly Main & Marshall station) is a San Diego Trolley station served by the Copper, Green and Orange lines in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon, California. The station is a major commuter center for the large suburb and is the convergence of multiple local and regional bus routes operated by the Metropolitan Transit System and Greyhound Lines.

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History

El Cajon opened as the eastern terminus of the third segment of the East Line (now Orange Line) on June 23, 1989, which operated from 12th & Imperial in downtown San Diego. The physical line was extended to its current terminus at Santee on July 26, 1995. [8]

From July 1995 to July 2005, Orange Line service continued to terminate at the end of the line at Santee Town Center.

When the Green Line opened in July 2005, the new route took over service to Santee, and the Orange Line was truncated to Gillespie Field.

The September 2012 system redesign truncated the Orange Line once again to El Cajon. [9]

Following the sale of the naming rights of the Green Line to Sycuan Casino, the station was renamed El Cajon–Sycuan. However, this is no longer the case.[ citation needed ]

The April 2018 system redesign extended the Orange Line to Arnele Avenue, following the opening of Courthouse station in April 2018. Courthouse became the line's current western terminus, and the one-stop extension to Arnele was meant to relieve congestion and confusion at El Cajon.

In 2024, a third track was added to the station, and the eastern platform was extended to allow shuttle trains to terminate there. [10] The Copper Line then began service on September 29, operating between this new platform and Santee, and allowing the Green and Orange lines to terminate in El Cajon. [11] [12] [13]

Station layout

There are three tracks, each served by a side platform.

Side platform
Westbound Logo Green Line (San Diego Trolley).svg   Green Line toward 12th & Imperial (Amaya Drive)
Logo Orange Line (San Diego Trolley).svg   Orange Line toward Courthouse (Amaya Drive)
Westbound Logo Green Line (San Diego Trolley).svg   Green Line toward 12th & Imperial (Amaya Drive)
Logo Orange Line (San Diego Trolley).svg   Orange Line toward Courthouse (Amaya Drive)
Side platform
Side platform
Northbound Logo Copper Line (San Diego Trolley).svg Copper Line toward Santee (Arnele Avenue)

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