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As of April 2013, the system had 170 light rail vehicles, serving 47 miles (76 km) of track. [22] [23] Union Station is the main interchange between the commuter rail and light rail systems; local, regional, and intercity bus lines; and Amtrak. The light rail R Line to Aurora and Lone Tree opened on February 24, 2017. [24]
The project study corridor runs between the City College Trolley Station area, and Balboa Park in the vicinity of the San Diego Zoo. [53] An alignment similar to the proposed one was last served by a streetcar system in 1949 on lines 7 (Park Boulevard-University Avenue to East San Diego) & 11 (Park Boulevard-Adams Avenue to Kensington). [54]
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 ...
RTD replaced the major predecessor public agency, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, and took over eleven other failing bus companies and services in the Southern California region. [7] RTD was placed in charge of creating a heavy rail public transportation system for Southern California, and for planning for bus improvements.
The contract to build the North Metro Rail line to 124th Avenue was awarded to Graham, Balfour Beatty, Hamon Constructors (GBBH) in November 2013 with notice to proceed in December 2013. [7] The GBBH contract included an option that when funding is available RTD can exercise the option to build the line to 162nd Avenue.
Siemens S70 Green Line train at SDSU Transit Center, on the station's opening day (July 10, 2005). The Green Line is the third line in the San Diego Trolley system, with service beginning on July 10, 2005 along with the completion and opening of the 5.9 miles (9.5 km) [1] Mission Valley East extension.
As of December 2022, the 113-mile (182 km) urban rail transit system includes 77 stations on 10 lines: A, B, D, E, G, H, L, N, R, and W. [1] In first quarter of 2016, the six light rail lines served an average 79,600 passengers a day, making the RTD light rail the eighth-largest light rail system in the United States in terms of ridership. [2]
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 ...