Green Line (San Diego Trolley)

The Green Line (officially the Sycuan Green Line for sponsorship purposes) is a 23.6-mile (38.0 km) light rail line in the San Diego Trolley system, operated by San Diego Trolley, Inc. an operating division of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS).[1] The Green Line currently operates between Downtown San Diego and the city of Santee.[3][4] The Green Line has the second highest ridership of the San Diego Trolley's three regular lines, transporting 13,673,926 riders during FY 2014 according to the MTS.[2] It is named due to a naming rights deal with Sycuan Casino.[5]

Green Line
A San Diego Trolley on the Green Line approaching El Cajon Transit Center.
Overview
Other name(s)	Sycuan Green Line
Status	Operational
Owner	Metropolitan Transit System
Locale	San Diego, California
Termini	12th & Imperial Transit Center Santee Town Center
Stations	27[1]
Website	SDMTS - Trolley
Service
Type	Light rail
System	San Diego Trolley
Operator(s)	San Diego Trolley, Inc.
Rolling stock	3-car trains (one SD-100 between two S70s of either length)
Ridership	13,673,926 (FY 2014)[2]
History
Opened	July 10, 2005[1]
Technical
Line length	23.6 mi (38.0 km)[1]
Number of tracks	2 tracks, and 1 track (between Gillespie Field & Santee Town Center)
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
Electrification	600 V DC Overhead lines
Operating speed	65 mph (105 km/h) (max)
Route map Blue Line to San Ysidro Orange Line to El Cajon Transit Center 12th & Imperial Transit Center Blue Line to America Plaza Orange Line to Courthouse Storage and Maintenance Yard Gaslamp Quarter Convention Center Seaport Village Silver Line via Civic Center Santa Fe Depot (via ) County Center/Little Italy Middletown (via ) Washington Street I-5 (San Diego Freeway) Old Town Transit Center I-8 (Kumeyaay Highway) Coaster Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Blue Line extension (MCCTP) to Westfield UTC Morena/Linda Vista Fashion Valley Transit Center SR 163 Hazard Center Mission Valley Center Rio Vista I-805 (Mission Valley Viaduct) Fenton Parkway Purple Line to Overland Avenue (planned) Stadium Purple Line to San Ysidro Transit Center (planned) I-15 / SR 15 Mission San Diego Grantville I-8 San Diego State University Transit Center Alvarado Medical Center 70th Street I-8 Orange Line to Santa Fe Depot Grossmont Transit Center SR 125 Amaya Drive I-8 El Cajon Transit Center I-8 Arnele Avenue Gillespie Field Santee Town Center all stations accessible

The line is one of four lines in the Trolley system, the others being the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines.

History

Siemens S70 Green Line train at SDSU's underground station, on the station's opening day

The Green Line is the third line in the San Diego Trolley system with service beginning on July 10, 2005, upon the completion and opening of the 5.9 miles (9.5 km)[1] Mission Valley East extension.[6]

The line operates on this extension as well as segments previously served by the Blue Line between the Old Town Transit Center and Mission San Diego, and by the Orange Line east of the Grossmont Transit Center. It traverses Mission Valley, San Diego, which is the valley of the San Diego River, and runs parallel to Interstate 8 for this segment.

The San Diego State University (SDSU) stop on the Green Line is the San Diego Trolley system's only underground station.

2012 realignment

During a system redesign which took effect on September 2, 2012, as part of the Trolley Renewal Project, the western portion of the Green Line was extended from Old Town south through downtown and the Bayside, terminating at 12th & Imperial Transit Center's Bayside Terminal.[4][7] This redesign allowed for two "universal" transfer points among all three lines, at the 12th & Imperial Transit Center, and at the adjacent Santa Fe Depot/America Plaza stations.[7]

Stations

Location	Station	Connections
East Village, San Diego	12th & Imperial Transit Center	Blue Line  Orange Line  Silver Line Metropolitan Transit System: 4, 12, 901, 929 Greyhound Lines
Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego	Gaslamp Quarter	Silver Line
Marina, San Diego	Convention Center	Silver Line
	Seaport Village	Silver Line
Core, San Diego	Santa Fe Depot	Amtrak California: Pacific Surfliner North County Transit District: Coaster  Blue Line (at America Plaza)  Silver Line (at America Plaza) Metropolitan Transit System: 83, Rapid 215, Rapid 225, Rapid 235, Rapid Express 280, Rapid Express 290, 923, 992
Little Italy, San Diego	County Center/Little Italy
Middletown, San Diego	Middletown
Mission Hills, San Diego	Washington Street	Metropolitan Transit System: 10
Old Town, San Diego	Old Town Transit Center	Amtrak California: Pacific Surfliner North County Transit District: Coaster Metropolitan Transit System: 8, 9, 10, 28, 30, 35, 44, 83, 84, 88, 105, 150
Morena, San Diego	Morena/Linda Vista	Metropolitan Transit System: 44, 105
Mission Valley, San Diego	Fashion Valley Transit Center	Metropolitan Transit System: 1, 6, 20, 25, 41, 88, 120, 928
	Hazard Center
	Mission Valley Center	Metropolitan Transit System: 6
	Rio Vista
	Fenton Parkway
	Stadium
Grantville, San Diego	Mission San Diego	Metropolitan Transit System: 14
	Grantville	Metropolitan Transit System: 13, 14, 18
College Area, San Diego	San Diego State University Transit Center	Metropolitan Transit System: 11, 14, 115, Rapid 215, 856, 936, 955
	Alvarado Medical Center
La Mesa	70th Street	Metropolitan Transit System: 14
	Grossmont Transit Center	Orange Line Metropolitan Transit System: 852, 854
	Amaya Drive	Orange Line
El Cajon	El Cajon Transit Center	Orange Line Metropolitan Transit System: 115, 815, 816, 833, 848, 864, 872, 874, 875, 888, 891, 892, 894 Sycuan Casino Shuttle
	Arnele Avenue	Orange Line Metropolitan Transit System: 115, 833
Santee	Gillespie Field
	Santee Town Center	Metropolitan Transit System: 832, 833, 834

References

1. "San Diego Trolley, Inc" (pdf). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. February 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2015 – via http://www.sdmts.com/about-mts.
2. "MTS Announces a Record 95 Million Passengers Rode the Bus and Trolley in FY 2014". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. August 19, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
3. "SDMTS - Trolley". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 2015. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
4. Fudge, Tom (April 30, 2012). "San Diego's Green Line Will Finally Arrive Downtown In September". KPBS-FM. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
5. "Sycuan Casino Inks Naming Rights Agreement for the MTS Sycuan Green Line". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. October 19, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
6. Ristine, Jeff (July 23, 2006). "After 25 years, the trolley keeps on moving". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
7. "SDMTS Service Changes, September 2012". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. September 2, 2012. Archived from the original on April 30, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2012.