Carlsbad Village station explained

Carlsbad Village
Style:North County Transit District
Address:2775 State Street
Borough:Carlsbad, California
Coordinates:33.1608°N -117.3508°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Line:NCTD San Diego Subdivision
Other: NCTD BREEZE:,,
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:1
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:rack spaces, 2 lockers[1]
Opened:[2]
Accessible:Yes
Owned:North County Transit District
Zone:1
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Nrhp:
Embed:yes
Carlsbad Santa Fe Depot
Refnum:93001016
Coordinates:33.1598°N -117.3497°W
Added:September 30, 1993
Built:1887
Architect:Fred R. Perris

Carlsbad Village station is a commuter rail station in Carlsbad, California, that is on the NCTD COASTER commuter rail line. It is one of two COASTER stations in Carlsbad (the other being Carlsbad Poinsettia station about four miles to the south), and is the last station used for northbound COASTER trains before reaching the northern terminus of Oceanside Transit Center.

The 1887-built Carlsbad station, which was used by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway until 1960, is located to the south. The former station now serves as the city's visitor center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 as the Carlsbad Santa Fe Depot.[3]

On October 7, 2013, the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner began stopping at four COASTER stations: Carlsbad Village, Carlsbad Poinsettia, Encinitas and Sorrento Valley.[4] The Carlsbad Poinsettia and Encinitas stops were discontinued on October 9, 2017.[5] The Carlsbad Village and Sorrento Valley stops were dropped on October 8, 2018, due to changes with the cross-ticketing arrangement with COASTER and NCTD.[6]

Along with Encinitas station, this is one of two single-track stations on the Coaster line, causing a bottleneck for rail traffic. The tracks at surface level also cause local traffic congestion and safety hazards. For that reason, the Carlsbad City Council has approved an agreement to build a trench for the tracks and complete double track through the Carlsbad Village area.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interactive San Diego Regional Bike Map . June 4, 2024 . San Diego Association of Governments.
  2. News: Bradley, Jr. . Tom . February 26, 1995 . High Hopes Ride Aboard Coaster . March 13, 2022 . The North County Times . . B1, B8 . Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: National Park Service (NPS) Digital Asset Management System . Carlsbad Santa Fe Depot .
  4. Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Adds Four New stops . September 18, 2013 . Amtrak . November 26, 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180227153749/https://media.amtrak.com/2013/09/amtrak-pacific-surfliner-adds-four-new-stops/ . February 27, 2018.
  5. News: Diehl . Phil . September 21, 2017 . Amtrak to discontinue two stops, add one . San Diego Union Tribune.
  6. October 8, 2018 Schedule Change . Amtrak . https://web.archive.org/web/20181126040245/http://pacificsurfliner.com/New-Schedule/ . November 26, 2018.
  7. Web site: June 30, 2024 . Carlsbad approves agreement for downtown train trench project . June 30, 2024 . San Diego Union-Tribune . en-US.