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The San Diego Electric Railway (SDERy), the direct predecessor of today's MTS, was founded in 1891 by John D. Spreckels (who would later go on to build the San Diego and Arizona Railway). The SDERy would greatly expand electric streetcar service by purchasing several existing transit companies and converted them to electric operation.
The current operating company of the San Diego Trolley system, San Diego Trolley Incorporated (SDTI), was not founded until 1980 [2] when the Metropolitan Transit Development Board (now operating as San Diego's MTS) began to plan a light-rail service along the Main Line of the former San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway (SD&AE Railway), which the MTDB purchased from the Southern Pacific ...
As of the Fourth Quarter (Q4) of 2013, the average weekday ridership on the San Diego Trolley system was 119,800, [41] making it the fourth busiest Light rail system in the United States. Taking overall track length into consideration, the San Diego Trolley transported 2,239 daily passengers per route mile in Q4 2014, making it the twelfth ...
These are the first MTS Rapid buses in the MTS fleet, and are primarily used for Rapid route 235. These buses are currently being retired. 10 buses were sold to Santa Cruz METRO from 2023-2024. 1201–1218 2013 Kearny Mesa, Imperial Avenue These MTS Rapid buses are primarily used for Rapid route 215. 1301–1313 2015 Kearny Mesa
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) San Diego County: San Diego: 118,500 420 49,403 [139] [140] San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD) San Joaquin County: Stockton: 9,700 92 9,504 [141] [142] San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority: San Luis Obispo County: San Luis Obispo: 1,514 16 2,537 [143] [144] Santa Barbara Metropolitan ...
The Copper Line, officially the Copper Line–East County Connector, [2] is a 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). Located in East County, San Diego, it operates as a shuttle between El Cajon Transit Center and Santee ...
The April 2018 system redesign extended the Orange Line to Arnele Avenue, following the opening of Courthouse station in April 2018. Courthouse became the line's current western terminus, and the one-stop extension to Arnele was meant to relieve congestion and confusion at El Cajon.
Santa Fe transferred most of its engine terminal yard to San Bernardino in 1887, then established an interim port facility in Redondo Beach the following year. But when the railroad relocated its port operations to San Pedro's newly dredged, manmade harbor in 1911, it effectively ended San Diego's hopes to become the West Coast's southernmost ...