| Middletown | |
| Style: | San Diego Trolley |
| Address: | 1396 Palm Street |
| Borough: | San Diego, California |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 32.7331°N -117.1744°W |
| Owned: | San Diego Metropolitan Transit System |
| Operator: | San Diego Trolley |
| Line: | Surf Line |
| Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Connections: | San Diego International Airport (via Rental Car Shuttle) |
| Structure: | At-grade |
| Rebuilt: | 2012 |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
Middletown station is an at-grade station on the Blue Line and Green Line of the San Diego Trolley system. It is located along the Surf Line right of way at West Palm Street, in the Middletown neighborhood of San Diego, which includes a variety of medium-density housing within blocks of the station. The station offers a connection to San Diego International Airport via a shuttle stop one block away from this station.
This station opened on June 16, 1996, as part of the North/South Line (later renamed the Blue Line) extension to Old Town Transit Center.[1] The station was closed from May 21[2] through August 2012[3] for renovations as part of the Trolley Renewal Project.[4]
There are four tracks, two for the trolley station and two passing tracks for commuter, intercity, and BNSF freight service.
| Northbound | ← toward ← toward | |
| Southbound | toward → toward → | |
| Northbound | ← Coaster does not stop here ← Pacific Surfliner does not stop here | |
| Southbound | Coaster does not stop here → Pacific Surfliner does not stop here → |
San Diego International Airport is accessible from this station. In July 2015, the airport added a stop near this station to buses that operate between the terminals and the airport's rental car center.[5] Passengers board the shuttle at specially marked bus shelters the corner of Admiral Boland Way and West Palm Street, which is about southwest of the station along West Palm Street.[6]