La Mesa Boulevard station

La Mesa Boulevard station is a station on the Orange Line of the San Diego Trolley located in the San Diego suburb of La Mesa, California. It serves the dense nearby commercial area, as well as a variety of apartment buildings that surround the stop.

La Mesa Boulevard
San Diego Trolley station
General information
Location8248 La Mesa Boulevard
La Mesa, California
United States
Coordinates 32.764525°N 117.020152°W / 32.764525; -117.020152
Owned bySan Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Operated bySan Diego Trolley
Line(s)La Mesa Branch[1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Metropolitan Transit System: 852[2]
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleDisabled access
Other information
Station code75034, 75035[3]
History
OpenedJune 23, 1989 (1989-06-23)[4]
RebuiltFall 2012[5]
Services
Preceding station San Diego Trolley Following station
Spring Street
towards Courthouse
 Orange Line Grossmont Transit Center
towards Arnele Avenue
Location

Adjacent to the station is the historic La Mesa Depot Museum owned by the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. The museum is a restored station from 1894, and has original equipment from that era including a Steam locomotive and Caboose.[6] The station building was built in 1894, when the San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway was built, and it was moved across the tracks to its current site in 1915.[7] Passenger service stopped in 1928, and did not restart until 1989 as part of the San Diego Trolley.

History

La Mesa Boulevard opened as part of the third segment of the East Line on June 23, 1989, operated from 12th & Imperial Transit Center to El Cajon Transit Center. The line was extended to its current terminus in 1995.[4]

This station was renovated from June 2012[8] through fall 2012[5] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project, although the station remained open during construction.

Station layout

There are two tracks, each served by a side platform.

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ← Orange Line toward Courthouse (Spring Street)
Eastbound → Orange Line toward Arnele Avenue (Grossmont Transit Center) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

See also

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 Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. September 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  6. "La Mesa Depot Museum | San Diego Reader". www.sandiegoreader.com. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  7. "La Mesa Depot". Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  8. "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. June 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2014-12-29.


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