Fifth Avenue station (San Diego) explained

Fifth Avenue
Style:San Diego Trolley
Address:500 C Street
Borough:San Diego, California
Country:United States
Coordinates:32.7167°N -117.1601°W
Owned:San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Operator:San Diego Trolley
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Connections: MTS:, [1]
Structure:At-grade
Code:75088, 75089[2]
Opened:[3]
Rebuilt:2013
Former:Gaslamp (1981–1990)
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Fifth Avenue station (formerly Gaslamp station) is a station of the Orange Line, Blue Line, and Silver Line on the San Diego Trolley. It is located in downtown San Diego, California. The station is located along on C Street, between Sixth Avenue and its namesake Fifth Avenue, surrounded by several office buildings.

It is one of the original stations of the San Diego Trolley, opening on July 26, 1981. At the time of opening, it was called Gaslamp station, due to its proximity to the Gaslamp Quarter.[4] During the development of the Bayside extension, which would include a station much closer to the Gaslamp Quarter, this station was often called Gaslamp North station, while the new station was called Gaslamp South.[5] When the Bayside extension opened in 1990, the new stop was called Gaslamp Quarter station, and this station was renamed Fifth Avenue to avoid confusion.

This station was closed between December 17, 2012[6] and June 2013[7] for renovations as part of the Trolley Renewal Project.[8]

Station layout

There are two tracks, each with a side platform.

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound/
Westbound
toward
toward
Southbound/
Eastbound
toward →
toward →
downtown loop →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Notes and References

  1. Web site: San Diego Regional Transit Map . . October 2023 . June 11, 2024 .
  2. Web site: Schedules & Real Time . . April 9, 2020.
  3. Web site: History . May 22, 2015 . . April 9, 2020.
  4. Web site: 2011-03-31 . 1988 Trolley Timetable . 2021-04-16.
  5. Web site: 2013-04-07 . MTDB Trolley Map, 1980s . 2021-04-16.
  6. Web site: 5th Avenue Trolley Station to Close for Three Months . . December 13, 2012 . 2013-12-29.
  7. Web site: MTS Downtown San Diego & Blue Line Station Construction Advisory for June 4, 2013 . . June 4, 2013 . 2013-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001403/http://www.sdmts.com/documents/StationConstructionAdvisory6-4-13.pdf . December 31, 2013 . dead .
  8. Web site: Trolley Renewal Project . . 2013 . 2013-12-29.