Arnele Avenue station explained

Style:San Diego Trolley
Arnele Avenue
Address:762 North Marshall Avenue
Borough:El Cajon, California
Country:United States
Coordinates:32.8046°N -116.9756°W
Owned:San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Operator:San Diego Trolley
Line:SD&AE La Mesa Branch[1]
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Connections: MTS:, [2]
Structure:At-grade
Parking:65 spaces[3]
Code:75024, 75025[4]
Opened:[5]
Rebuilt:2018
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Arnele Avenue station is a San Diego Trolley station served by the Copper Line in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon, California. The station serves the surrounding residential community, the Parkway Plaza shopping mall, and other commercial properties in the area. The station also has a small park and ride lot.

History

Arnele Avenue opened as part of the fourth and final segment of the East Line (now Orange Line) on July 26, 1995, which extended the line from to . Green Line service began in July 2005, when the Orange Line was truncated to . Following the September 2012 system redesign, Orange Line trains stopped serving this station and began terminating at El Cajon.[6] However, the line's eastern terminus was once again extended on April 30, 2018, this time to Arnele Avenue. On September 29, 2024, the station became part of the Copper Line, and both the Green and Orange lines were truncated back to El Cajon.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: April 2013 . San Diego & Arizona Eastern (SD&AE) Railway . April 9, 2020 . San Diego Metropolitan Transit System.
  2. Web site: November 2021 . San Diego Regional Transit Map . November 11, 2021 . San Diego Metropolitan Transit System.
  3. Web site: Transit Station Parking . June 4, 2024 . . en.
  4. Web site: Schedules & Real Time . . April 9, 2020.
  5. Web site: History . May 22, 2015 . . April 9, 2020.
  6. Web site: September 2, 2012 Service Changes. Major Bus and Trolley Service Changes . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150430054758/http://www.sdmts.com/Planning/ServiceChangesSeptember2012.asp . April 30, 2015 .
  7. News: Vigil . Jennifer . MTS Copper Line Trolley Service Begins Sunday Between El Cajon, Santee . Times of San Diego . September 29, 2024 . September 29, 2024.