Palomar Street station

Palomar Street is a station on the Blue Line of the San Diego Trolley located in the city of Chula Vista, California. The stop serves a variety of purposes, holding the function of commuter center with a park and ride lot and providing access to the nearby commercial, industrial, and residential areas, as well as Southwestern Community College.

Palomar Street
San Diego Trolley station
The station before renovations in 2010
Location	745 Industrial Avenue, Chula Vista, California United States
Coordinates	32.6029319°N 117.0853116°W
Owned by	San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Operated by	San Diego Trolley
Line(s)	SD&AE Main Line[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Metropolitan Transit System: 701, 704, 712[2]
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	305 spaces
Disabled access
Other information
Station code	75008, 75009[3]
History
Opened	July 26, 1981[4]
Rebuilt	November 2014[5]
Services
Preceding station   San Diego Trolley   Following station Palm Avenue toward San Ysidro Transit Center Blue Line H Street toward America Plaza
Location

History

Palomar Street opened as part of the initial 15.9-mile (25.6 km) "South Line" of the San Diego Trolley system on July 26, 1981, operating from San Ysidro Transit Center north to Downtown San Diego using the main line tracks of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway.[4][1]

This station was renovated, starting March 2014,[6] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project;[7] it reopened with a renovated station platform in November 2014.[5][8]

Station layout

There are two tracks, each with a side platform.

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound	←  Blue Line toward America Plaza (H Street)
Southbound	→  Blue Line toward San Ysidro Transit Center (Palm Avenue) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

See also

• List of San Diego Trolley stations

References

1. "San Diego & Arizona Eastern (SD&AE) Railway" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. April 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
2. "San Diego Regional Transit Map" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. September 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
3. "Schedules & Real Time". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
4. "History". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
5. "Trolley Renewal Construction Advisory". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. October 8, 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
6. "Construction Advisory Trolley Station Construction & Detours: Palomar Street Trolley Station Construction & Parking Impacts" (pdf). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. March 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
7. "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
8. San Diego MTS [@@sdmts] (November 5, 2014). "New platform now in service at Palomar St! :) Thanks for your patience as we renovate the Blue Line #TrolleyRenewal" (Tweet). Retrieved 2015-08-07 – via Twitter.