Oceanside Transit Center

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Oceanside, CA
A COASTER train at Oceanside Transit Center in March 2024.jpg
COASTER train at Oceanside Transit Center
General information
Other namesOceanside Transit Center
Location235 South Tremont Street
Oceanside, California
United States
Coordinates 33°11′31″N117°22′46″W / 33.19194°N 117.37944°W / 33.19194; -117.37944
Owned by North County Transit District
Line(s)
Platforms
Tracks
  • 3 (San Diego Subdivision)
  • 2 (Escondido Subdivision)
Connections
Construction
Parking1,261 spaces, 24 accessible spaces [3]
Bicycle facilities16 rack spaces, 4 lockers [4]
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed, station building with waiting room
Station code Amtrak: OSD
Fare zone1 (COASTER)
History
Opened1886 (1886)
Rebuilt1946, 1984
Passengers
FY 2022185,734 [5] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
San Juan Capistrano Pacific Surfliner Solana Beach
toward San Diego
San Clemente Pier
(limited service)
Preceding station Metrolink icon 2022.svg Metrolink Following station
San Clemente Inland Empire–Orange County Line Terminus
San Clemente Pier
(weekends)
San Clemente Orange County Line
San Clemente Pier
(weekends)
Preceding station North County Transit District Following station
Terminus COASTER Carlsbad Village
towards San Diego
SPRINTER Coast Highway
towards Escondido
Former services
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
San Onofre
toward Los Angeles
Surf Line Encinitas
toward San Diego
Las Flores
Bypassed pre-1948 [6] [7]
toward Los Angeles
Carlsbad
1887-1960 [8]
toward San Diego
Terminus OceansideFallbrook Ysidora
toward Fallbrook
Escondido Branch Vista
toward Escondido
Location
Oceanside Transit Center

Oceanside Transit Center is a major railway interchange in Oceanside, California, serving both intercity and suburban/commuter services. The station is used by Amtrak on the route of its Pacific Surfliner service between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. It is also a terminus for two different regional transit operators – Metrolink, the commuter rail operator for the Los Angeles area, has two of its services, the Orange County Line and Inland Empire–Orange County Line, that terminate at Oceanside (the only Metrolink station in San Diego County), while the North County Transit District, the operator for most of the public transport in the North County, has its COASTER and SPRINTER services also terminating at Oceanside. [9] Oceanside Transit Center is also served by Greyhound Lines and numerous NCTD BREEZE buses.

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History

Oceanside Transit Center was built in 1984, and serves as a replacement for a 1946-built Santa Fe Depot, which was torn down in 1988. The former station was itself a replacement for an 1886-built Santa Fe Depot. This station became one of the original 9 stations on Metrolink's Orange County Line when that line opened on March 28, 1994, and North County Transit District's COASTER commuter rail began serving this station when the line opened on February 27, 1995 [10] and Metrolink's Inland Empire–Orange County Line began serving this station regularly in the early 2000s after serving the station on a temporary basis from that line's opening on October 2, 1995, until the early 2000s and North County Transit District's SPRINTER hybrid rail service began serving this station when it opened on March 9, 2008. [11]

Expansion

To enhance the regional transit service, this station underwent a major expansion including building a third track and platform in the middle of the existing tracks, extending all platforms, and adding a passenger walkway. Construction on the project began in 2016, [12] the third platform opened in May 2017, [13] [14] and Platform 1 reopened November 20. [15]

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