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The Green Line is a 19.8-mile (31.9 km) 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). [1] The route serves downtown San Diego, Mission Valley, and the cities of La Mesa and El Cajon.
The San Diego Trolley system as of September 2024. The San Diego Trolley is a light rail system operating in San Diego County, California. The trolley's operator, San Diego Trolley, Inc. (reporting mark SDTI), is a subsidiary of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS). The San Diego Trolley opened for service on July 26, 1981. [1]
San Diego Trolley near the international border in San Ysidro, C. 1990. In August 1980, the MTDB established San Diego Trolley, Inc. to operate and maintain the new light rail system. On July 26, 1981, electric trains began operating the South Line (today's Blue Line) between downtown San Diego and San Ysidro.
The first phase of the project cost $86 million, which included the purchase of the SD&AE, 14 light rail vehicles, construction of a single-tracked electrified light rail line along the 14.2-mile (22.9 km) SD&AE Main Line and construction of a 1.7-mile (2.7 km) section of new street running tracks in downtown San Diego. [8]
The initial line in the San Diego Trolley system, the Blue Line first opened between Centre City San Diego and San Ysidro on July 26, 1981, [4] [12] at a cost of $86 million (equivalent to $288 million in 2023), using the existing tracks of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway, which the Metropolitan Transit Development Board had purchased from Southern Pacific on August 20, 1979, for $18 ...
Balboa Avenue Transit Center is a San Diego Trolley station in San Diego. The station is located along Balboa Avenue between Interstate 5 and Morena Boulevard. [6] Service began on November 21, 2021 [5] after the completion of the Blue Line Mid-Coast Trolley extension project. [7]
The Orange Line is an 17.1-mile (27.5 km) [5] 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). [4] The route connects downtown San Diego with the cities of Lemon Grove, La Mesa, and El Cajon.
Grossmont Transit Center opened as part of the third segment of the East Line (now Orange Line) on June 23, 1989, which operated from 12th & Imperial to El Cajon. [6] Green Line service began in July 2005, when the segment connecting to Mission San Diego first opened.