San Ysidro Transit Center
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San Ysidro Transit Center | |||||||||||
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| San Diego Trolley station | |||||||||||
.jpg) A trolley at the station in 2015 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 700 East San Ysidro Boulevard San Diego, California United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°32′40″N 117°01′47″W / 32.54443°N 117.02975°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | San Diego Metropolitan Transit System | ||||||||||
| Operated by | San Diego Trolley | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms, 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Metropolitan Transit System: 906, 907[1] | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible |  | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 75000[2] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 26, 1981[3] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2015[4] | ||||||||||
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San Ysidro Transit Center is a San Diego Trolley station in the San Ysidro neighborhood of San Diego, California. The station is the southern terminus of the Blue Line and is located on a short rail spur of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway.
Located just north of the San Ysidro Port of Entry at the Mexico–United States border, San Ysidro serves primarily as a way to provide access to downtown for the thousands of international commuters and tourists who travel between San Diego County and Tijuana, Mexico. It also provides access to the large shopping areas, including the Las Americas Premium Outlets which are connected to the stop via a pedestrian walkway. An intercity bus station is located adjacent to the station.[5][6] It is the second busiest station in the San Diego Trolley, with nearly 18,000 passengers using the station each day.[7]
History[edit]
San Ysidro 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 north to Downtown San Diego.[3]
This station was scheduled to undergo renovation starting December 2014,[8] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project,[9] though actual renovation construction did not begin until January 2015.[10] Renovation construction at the station continued through December 2015[4] before completion.
Future[edit]
There are future plans for the station. A proposed Purple Line is to start its route at San Ysidro.[11] Moreover, SANDAG has proposed to turn the San Ysidro Transit Center into the San Ysidro Mobility Hub, including by adding a third trolley track to increase Blue Line frequencies, adding a bus lane on East San Ysidro Boulevard, increasing the amount of bus routes, and in the long-term, possibly even adding connections to the Coaster and Amtrak.[12]
Furthermore, future plans for the Blue Line to continue into Tijuana are awaiting approval. If it is to be made, the Blue Line would be extended 1 mile[13] or 1.5 miles[14] on an elevated trackage[15] into a new Tijuana station.[16] This proposal for a "Cross-Border Trolley", supported by SANDAG[17] and officials in Baja California,[18] could take 8 years to complete.[19]
Station layout[edit]
The station has two tracks, each with platforms on either side.
| Side platform, doors will open on the left or right | |
| Northbound | ←  Blue Line toward UTC (Beyer Boulevard)
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| Island platform, doors will open on the left or right | |
| Northbound | ← Blue Line toward UTC (Beyer Boulevard)
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| Side platform, doors will open on the left or right | |
Bus connections[edit]
- San Diego Metropolitan Transit System: 906, 907[1]
- ACN Autobuses[20]
- Damaris Express[21]
- El Corre Caminos[22][23]
- Executive Lines[22]
- Flixbus[24]
- Fronteras del Norte[22][25]
- Futura Net[22][26]
- Greyhound[22]
- Greyhound Mexico
- International Bus Lines[22]
- Las Vegas Shuttles[27]
- Rapid Connection[28]
- Saenz Express[22]
- Ticketon[22][29]
- Tres Estrella de Oro[30]
- TUFESA[22]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "San Diego Regional Transit Map" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. September 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ "Schedules & Real Time". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 14 May 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "History". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 22 May 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "Construction Advisory Trolley Station Construction & Detours - San Ysidro Transit Center" (pdf). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. October 22, 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ^ San Ysidro Community Plan and Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan
- ^ MTS land deal opens doorway to trouble
- ^ Srikrishnan, Maya (4 September 2019). "The Roadblocks to a Cross-Border Trolley". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
The San Ysidro trolley station is the second most active on San Diego's network, with about 17,955 riders daily.
- ^ "Trolley Renewal Construction Advisory". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. December 4, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
- ^ "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
- ^ "Construction Advisory — Trolley Station Closures & Detours: San Ysidro Transit Center" (pdf). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. January 14, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ^ "Purple Line Concept Map 2023-03-23" (PDF). 2023-03-23.
- ^ "SANDAG - San Ysidro Mobility Hub". www.sandag.org.
- ^ "SANDAG - Innovative Connector Concepts". www.sandag.org. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Three transportation projects, including a trolley extension into Tijuana, pitched to public Sunday". The San Diego Union-Tribune. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Dibble, Sandra (26 July 2022). "Could an Elevated Trolley be the Answer to Long Border Wait Times?". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Trolley to Tijuana: Extending San Diego's Blue Line | SPUR". www.spur.org. November 7, 2023.
- ^ Berjan, Sarah (3 August 2022). "SANDAG supports proposal that extends San Diego's Blue Line Trolley into Tijuana". Chula Vista Today. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Saldaña, Jorge (8 May 2020). "Officials Propose Cross-Border Trolley". MEXICONOW. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Goodbye to traffic and hours in line! Tijuana-San Diego trolley should be ready in 8 years". SanDiegoRed. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ https://autobusesacn.com/
- ^ "Home". Damaris Express Inc. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Border Transportation Council Member Directory
- ^ https://elcorrecaminos.com/
- ^ "Bus to and from San Ysidro, CA | FlixBus". Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- ^ Nuestras Oficinas
- ^ Futura Net
- ^ https://lvshuttles.com/trips.html
- ^ Rapid Connection Facebook
- ^ Ticheton
- ^ Facebook-Tres Estrellas de Oro
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