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Location | 2136 West Washington Street San Diego, California United States | |||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°44′30″N117°11′01″W / 32.741725°N 117.183504°W | |||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | San Diego Metropolitan Transit System | |||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | San Diego Trolley | |||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Surf Line | |||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Connections | MTS: 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | ||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | June 16, 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Washington Street station is an at-grade station on the Blue Line and Green Line of the San Diego Trolley system. It is located along the Surf Line right of way at West Washington Street, in a largely industrial area of San Diego. The stop also serves Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and the Mission Hills neighborhood, which includes a variety of medium-density housing within blocks of the station.
This station opened on June 16, 1996 as part of the North/South Line (later renamed the Blue Line) extension to the Old Town Transit Center. [1] On July 2, 2011, the station was closed for renovations [2] [3] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project. [4] It was originally supposed to reopen by early September, [2] but numerous construction issues pushed the reopening to November 24, 2011. [5] [6]
The stone wall on the Southbound side of the station was destroyed in the Summer of 2024 and instead replaced with a fence side with remnants of the old wall.
There are four tracks, two for the trolley station and two passing tracks for commuter, intercity, and BNSF freight service.
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Northbound | ← Blue Line toward UTC (Old Town) ← Green Line toward El Cajon (Old Town) |
Southbound | Blue Line toward San Ysidro (Middletown) → Green Line toward 12th & Imperial (Middletown) → |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Northbound | ← Coaster does not stop here ← Pacific Surfliner does not stop here |
Southbound | Coaster does not stop here → Pacific Surfliner does not stop here → |
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