La Mesa Boulevard station explained

La Mesa Boulevard
Style:San Diego Trolley
Address:8248 La Mesa Boulevard
Borough:La Mesa, California
Country:United States
Coordinates:32.7645°N -117.0202°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14
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: 1, 852[2]
Structure:At-grade
Bicycle:8 rack spaces, 2 lockers[3]
Code:75034, 75035[4]
Opened:[5]
Rebuilt:2012

La Mesa Boulevard station is a station on the Orange Line of the San Diego Trolley in the San Diego suburb of La Mesa, California. It serves the dense nearby commercial area, as well as a variety of apartment buildings that surround the stop.

Adjacent to the station is the historic La Mesa Depot Museum, owned by the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. The museum is a restored station from 1894, and has original equipment from the era, including a steam locomotive and caboose.[6] The station building was built in 1894, when the San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway was built, and it was moved across the tracks to its current site in 1915.[7] Passenger service stopped in 1928, and did not restart until 1989 as part of the San Diego Trolley.

History

La Mesa Boulevard opened as part of the third segment of the East Line on June 23, 1989, operated from to . The line was extended to its current terminus in 1995.[5]

This station was renovated from June 2012[8] through fall 2012[9] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project, although the station remained open during construction.

Station layout

There are two tracks, each served by a side platform.

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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: San Diego Regional Transit Map . . September 2019 . April 9, 2020.
  3. Web site: Interactive San Diego Regional Bike Map . June 4, 2024 . San Diego Association of Governments.
  4. Web site: Schedules & Real Time . . April 9, 2020.
  5. Web site: History . . April 9, 2020.
  6. Web site: La Mesa Depot Museum San Diego Reader. October 22, 2021. www.sandiegoreader.com. en.
  7. Web site: La Mesa Depot. October 22, 2021. Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. en-US.
  8. Web site: Trolley Renewal Project . . June 2012 . December 29, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120313005841/http://sdmts.com/trolleyrenewal.asp . March 13, 2012 . dead .
  9. Web site: Trolley Renewal Project . . September 2012 . December 29, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120919105323/http://sdmts.com/trolleyrenewal.asp . September 19, 2012 . dead .