Grantville station

Grantville
An eastbound trolley at Grantville station, 2025
General information
Location	4510 Alvarado Canyon Road San Diego, California United States
Coordinates	32°46′50″N117°5′51″W / 32.78056°N 117.09750°W / 32.78056; -117.09750
Owned by	San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Operated by	San Diego Trolley
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MTS: 13, 14, 18 [1]
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	100 spaces [2]
Accessible
History
Opened	July 10, 2005 (2005-07-10) [3]
Services
Preceding station San Diego Trolley Following station Mission San Diego toward 12th & Imperial Green Line SDSU toward El Cajon
Location

Grantville station is a station on San Diego Trolley's Green Line in the middle class residential Grantville neighborhood of San Diego, California. It opened in 2005.

The station is elevated and has side platforms with two railroad tracks passing between them. The station is located in the middle of a long, tall viaduct taking the trolley line over the Interstate 8 freeway. The station is located on Alvarado Canyon Road near Fairmount Avenue.

Grantville Station in 2008

In 2022, a 126-unit affordable housing complex was built in the station's underutilized parking lot. ^[4] An additional 126 unit affordable housing project was completed in 2024. ^[5]

See also

• List of San Diego Trolley stations

References

1. "San Diego Regional Transit Map" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. October 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
2. "Transit Station Parking". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System . July 27, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
3. "MTS Historical Timeline". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 2013. Archived from the original on June 21, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
4. Bowen, Andrew (February 15, 2022). "Coming to Grantville: More affordable housing … and wider roads?". KPBS Public Media . Retrieved February 14, 2025.
5. Strain, Todd (April 30, 2024). "Affordable-housing complex opens in former Grantville Trolley stop parking lot". NBC 7 San Diego . Retrieved August 30, 2025.

External links

• Grantville Trolley Station / Alvarado Creek Revitalization Plan