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Rio Vista | |||||||||||
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San Diego Trolley station | |||||||||||
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Location | 2020 Qualcomm Way San Diego, California 92108 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°46′25″N117°8′28″W / 32.77361°N 117.14111°W Coordinates: 32°46′25″N117°8′28″W / 32.77361°N 117.14111°W | ||||||||||
Platforms | Side platform | ||||||||||
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Parking | Paid parking at Marriott Hotel during Chargers games | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | November 1997 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2005 | ||||||||||
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Rio Vista station is a station on the San Diego Trolley's Green Line. The street-level station has side platforms. It is located near Qualcomm Way and the San Diego River. The station is a part of the Rio Vista development, which includes apartments and office parks in the Mission Valley East neighborhood.
Before July 2005, this station was served by the Blue Line until service between Old Town Transit Center and Mission San Diego was replaced by the Green Line upon its introduction in conjunction with the opening of the Mission Valley East extension. [1]
There are two tracks, each served by a side platform.
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Westbound | ← Green Line toward 12th & Imperial Transit Center (Mission Valley Center) |
Eastbound | Green Line toward Santee Town Center (Fenton Parkway) → |
Side platform, doors will open on the right |
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