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Location | 410 La Moree Road San Marcos, California | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°08′05″N117°09′13″W / 33.1348°N 117.1536°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | North County Transit District | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Escondido Subdivision [1] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Connections | NCTD: 347 | ||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Opening | 2005 | ||||||||||
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Cal State San Marcos station is an elevated railway station in San Marcos, California, the only elevated station along the North County Transit District's SPRINTER hybrid rail line, was commenced in 2005. The station sits on a loop of the San Diego Northern Railway's Escondido Subdivision that crosses over State Route 78 to serve the California State University, San Marcos campus, which is located southwest of the station. On campus days, shuttle services are available to ferry students from the train station to the heart of the CSUSM campus and vice versa.
Westbound | ■ Sprinter | toward Oceanside Transit Center (San Marcos Civic Center) |
Eastbound | ■ Sprinter | toward Escondido Transit Center (Nordahl Road) |
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