:Blue Line (San Diego Trolley)
{{Short description|Light rail line in San Diego County, California}}
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{{Infobox rail line
|name = Blue Line
|color = {{rcr|San Diego Trolley|Blue}}
|logo = Logo Blue Line (San Diego Trolley).svg
|image = San Diego Trolley 03.jpg
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|caption = Blue Line train at E Street station
|other_name = UC San Diego Blue Line
|status =
|owner = San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
|locale = San Diego, California
|start = {{stl|SDMTS|UTC}}
|end = {{stl|SDMTS|San Ysidro}}
|stations = 32
|website = {{URL|sdmts.com}}
|type = Light rail
|system = San Diego Trolley
|operator = San Diego Trolley, Inc.
|daily_ridership = 77,000 (approx FY 2024){{cite web | title=Annual Service Performance Report | publisher= San Diego Metropolitan Transit System |url=https://www.sdmts.com/sites/default/files/attachments/fy24-annual-service-performance-monitoring-report-route-statistics.pdf| date= October 9, 2024| accessdate=October 24, 2024}}
|ridership2 = 24,389,986 (FY 2024)
|open = {{Start date and age|1981|07|19}}
|stock = 3 car trains
|linelength = {{convert|26.3|mi|km|abbr=on}}
|tracks = 2
|gauge = {{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
|routenumber = 510 (in internal documents only){{cite web |title=Appendix P: Travel and Tourism |url=https://www.sandag.org/-/media/SANDAG/Documents/PDF/regional-plan/2021-regional-plan/final-2021-regional-plan/2021-regional-plan-appendix-p-2021-05-01.pdf |website=San Diego Association of Governments |access-date=7 June 2024 |quote=Trolley Route 510 (UC San Diego Blue Line): San Ysidro to University City}}{{cite web |title=Appendix A: Transportation Projects, Programs, and Phasing |url=https://www.sandag.org/-/media/SANDAG/Documents/PDF/regional-plan/2021-regional-plan/final-2021-regional-plan/2021-regional-plan-appendix-a-2021-12-01.pdf |website=San Diego Association of Governments |access-date=7 June 2024 |page=119 |quote=LRT 510 Blue Line (San Ysidro to UTC)}}
|electrification = {{600 V DC|conductor=overhead}}
|speed = {{convert|19|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} (average){{refn | group="Note" |Calculated from the following: Route length (26.3 miles) divided by scheduled travel time (83 minutes).}}
{{convert|55|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} (max)
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The Blue Line (officially the UC San Diego Blue Line for sponsorship purposes) is a {{convert|26.3|mi|km|adj=on}}{{cite web | url = https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/docs/CA_San_Diego_Mid_Coast_Corridor_Engineering_Project_Profile.pdf | title = Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project | publisher = San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) | date = April 2015 | access-date = 2021-11-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231112225930/https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/docs/CA_San_Diego_Mid_Coast_Corridor_Engineering_Project_Profile.pdf | archive-date = 2023-11-12 | via = U.S. Department of Transportation}} light rail line in the San Diego Trolley system, operated by San Diego Trolley, Inc., an operating division of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS).{{cite web |url=http://www.sdmts.com/sites/default/files/attachments/FS_SDTI.pdf |title=San Diego Trolley, Inc. |publisher=San Diego Metropolitan Transit System |via=sdmts.com/about-mts |date=February 2013 |access-date=2021-11-30}} With an end-to-end travel time of one hour and twenty-three minutes, it operates between UTC Transit Center and San Ysidro Transit Center, the latter of which is at the Mexico–United States border directly adjacent to the San Ysidro Port of Entry, facilitating easy connections across the border.{{cite web | url=https://www.sdmts.com/sites/default/files/attachments/trolley-timetable.pdf | title=Trolley map & timetable | publisher=San Diego Metropolitan Transit System | year=2023 | access-date=2023-12-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208043347/https://www.sdmts.com/sites/default/files/attachments/trolley-timetable.pdf |archive-date=2023-12-08}} The line serves La Jolla, downtown San Diego, National City, Chula Vista, and San Ysidro{{cite web | url=http://www.sdmts.com/schedules-real-time-maps-and-routes/trolley | title=SDMTS – Trolley | publisher=San Diego Metropolitan Transit System | year=2015 | access-date=2016-02-29}} and is the system's longest line.
The Blue Line is one of five lines in the trolley system, along with the Orange, Green, Copper, and Silver ("heritage weekend" service only) lines. Among them, the Blue Line has the highest ridership, transporting 24,389,986 total riders, or 75,160 per day, in fiscal year 2024. Its sponsored name is due to a $30 million naming rights deal with UC San Diego Health.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.metro-magazine.com/management-operations/news/294836/san-diego-mts-teams-with-uc-san-diego-to-rename-blue-line-trolley |title=San Diego MTS teams with UC San Diego to rename Blue Line Trolley |magazine=Metro Magazine |date=July 17, 2015 |access-date=2016-04-17}} An extension to its namesake campus of the University of California, San Diego, as well as nine other stations, opened to revenue service on November 21, 2021.{{cite news |last1=Luczak |first1=Marybeth |title=San Diego's Mid-Coast Trolley Extension Project Advances |url=https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/light-rail/san-diegos-mid-coast-trolley-extension-advances/ |access-date=9 July 2021 |agency=Railway Age |date=30 June 2021}}{{cite news |date=November 21, 2021 |title=It's finally here: Riders take first trips on trolley extension with 9 new stops |url=https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/its-finally-here-riders-take-first-trips-on-trolley-extension-with-9-new-stops/ |work=Fox 5 San Diego |location=San Diego |access-date=November 21, 2021}}
History
The initial line in the San Diego Trolley system, the Blue Line first opened between Centre City San Diego and San Ysidro on July 26, 1981,{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=MTS Historical Timeline |url=http://www.sdmts.com/MTS/timeline.asp |access-date=June 29, 2013 |publisher=San Diego Metropolitan Transit System}}{{Cite news |last=Ristine |first=Jeff |date=July 23, 2006 |title=After 25 years, the trolley keeps on moving |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060723/news_1m23trolley.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009114815/http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060723/news_1m23trolley.html |archive-date=October 9, 2012 |access-date=June 14, 2009 |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune }} at a cost of $86 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|86|1981|r=0}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}}), using the existing tracks of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway, which the Metropolitan Transit Development Board had purchased from Southern Pacific on August 20, 1979, for $18.1 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|18.1|1979|r=0}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}}).{{Cite web |date=April 2013 |title=San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Fact Sheet |url=https://www.sdmts.com/sites/default/files/attachments/SDAEFactSheet.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108120841/https://www.sdmts.com/sites/default/files/attachments/SDAEFactSheet.pdf |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |access-date=March 31, 2021}}
In 1986, the line was named the South Line to differentiate it from the new East Line to Euclid Avenue, which later became the Orange Line. On July 2, 1992, the line was extended north from downtown with the opening of County Center/Little Italy station. It was renamed the North-South Line when the Old Town extension opened on June 16, 1996. The North-South Line was renamed the Blue Line in 1997, with the opening of the extension to Mission San Diego on November 23, 1997.
When the Green Line was brought into service in 2005, the Blue Line was cut back to Old Town Transit Center. At rush hours, however, some Blue Line trains continued onto Qualcomm Stadium; and from Qualcomm Stadium onto San Ysidro. On September 3, 2006, the rush hour service Blue line trains were discontinued entirely, due to duplication of service with Green Line service. All Blue Line trains then terminated at Old Town. Rush hour Blue Line trains operated from San Ysidro to America Plaza with some serving the Bayside.
Blue Line service also experienced some change in the stations served. The San Diego Square station located between 7th and 8th Avenues in downtown closed in 1986 due to low ridership and its close proximity to Fifth Avenue station. Later that year, E Street station in Chula Vista opened in October 1986, about five years after service already operated along the tracks served. At the same time, the Centre City station on C Street, between Sixth Avenue and Fifth Avenue, was renamed Fifth Avenue station. Fenton Parkway station was an 'infill' station that opened in 2000; however, it, like the rest of the stations on the route to Mission San Diego, is now only served by the Green Line.
= 2012 realignment =
During a system redesign which took effect on September 2, 2012, Blue Line service between America Plaza and Old Town was discontinued, making America Plaza the Blue Line's northern terminus.{{Cite web |date=September 2, 2012 |title=SDMTS Service Changes, September 2012 |url=http://www.sdmts.com/Planning/ServiceChangesSeptember2012.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430054758/http://www.sdmts.com/Planning/ServiceChangesSeptember2012.asp |archive-date=April 30, 2015 |access-date=October 22, 2012 |publisher=San Diego Metropolitan Transit System}} Blue Line trains traveled between America Plaza to San Ysidro on a regular 15 minute frequency, with a {{frac|7|1|2}} minute frequency during weekday rush hours.{{Cite news |date=April 30, 2012 |title=San Diego's Green Line Will Finally Arrive Downtown In September |url=http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/apr/30/san-diegos-green-line-will-finally-arrive-downtown/ |access-date=April 17, 2013 |publisher=KPBS}} Blue Line service to Old Town was reinstated once the Mid-Coast trolley extension to UC San Diego was completed.{{Cite web |title=Mid-Coast Trolley |url=http://www.sandag.org/index.asp?projectid=250&fuseaction=projects.detail |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505073328/http://www.sandag.org/index.asp?projectid=250&fuseaction=projects.detail |archive-date=May 5, 2013 |access-date=April 17, 2016 |publisher=San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)}} UC San Diego Health paid $30 million to rename the route the UC San Diego Blue Line in 2015.{{Cite news |last=UCSD Guardian Editorial Board |date=September 30, 2015 |title=Crossing the Blue Line |url=http://ucsdguardian.org/2015/09/30/crossing-the-blue-line/ |access-date=April 17, 2016 |work=The Guardian |location=University of California, San Diego}}
= Trolley Renewal Project =
To accommodate the new Siemens S70 models and allow for their use on the line, the Blue Line stations needed to undergo renovation, although this was done over a period of five years to prevent the disruption of operation of the trolley.{{Cite web |date=September 24, 2009 |title=MTS To Purchase 57 New Light Rail Vehicles |url=http://www.10news.com/news/mts-to-purchase-57-new-light-rail-vehicles |access-date=September 24, 2009 |publisher=KGTV (10 News)}} The project to renovate the stations, called the Trolley Renewal Project, began in fall 2010.{{Cite news |last=Robert J. Hawkins |date=September 22, 2010 |title=Construction Begins To Upgrade SD Trolley - $620M Project To Include New Track, Stations Along Blue, Orange Lines |url=http://www.10news.com/news/construction-begins-to-upgrade-sd-trolley |access-date=March 23, 2016 |work=KGTV ABC10 San Diego}}{{Cite news |date=October 27, 2010 |title=Several Blue Line trolley stops to close this weekend |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2010/oct/27/several-blue-line-trolley-stops-close-weekend/ |access-date=March 23, 2016 |work=The San Diego Union Tribune}} After beginning operation on the Green Line in 2011 and on the Orange Line in 2013, low-floor Siemens S70 LRVs began operation on the Blue Line on January 27, 2015.{{Cite web |date=January 27, 2015 |title=Blue Line Upgraded with a New Fleet of Low-Floor Trolley Cars |url=http://www.sdmts.com/MTS/BlueLineUpgradedwithaNewFleetofLow-FloorTrolleyCars.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218062137/http://www.sdmts.com/MTS/BlueLineUpgradedwithaNewFleetofLow-FloorTrolleyCars.asp |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |access-date=February 17, 2015 |publisher=San Diego Metropolitan Transit System}} Renovation of rail track and the final eleven Blue Line stations was completed in late 2015.{{Cite web |year=2015 |title=Trolley Renewal |url=http://www.sdmts.com/inside-mts-current-projects/trolley-renewal |access-date=April 17, 2016 |publisher=San Diego Metropolitan Transit System |via=sdmts.com/inside-mts/current-projects}}{{Cite web |date=September 2015 |title=San Diego Trolley Renewal Project Fact Sheet |url=http://www.keepsandiegomoving.com/Libraries/Trolley-doc/3493-TrolleyRenewal-FactSheet_2.sflb.ashx |access-date=April 17, 2016 |publisher=San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) & San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) |format=pdf |via=keepsandiegomoving.com/Trolley/trolley-newsroom-factsheet.aspx}}
= Mid-Coast extension =
The Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project was an {{convert|10.9|mi|adj=on}} extension of the Blue Line from the Old Town Transit Center north to La Jolla Village, University of California, San Diego, and University City.{{Cite web |date=Summer 2010 |title=MTS Moves! Summer 2010 (MTS Newsletter) |url=http://sdmts.com/documents/newsletters/MTSMoves_Summer10.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319231820/http://sdmts.com/documents/newsletters/MTSMoves_Summer10.pdf |archive-date=March 19, 2015 |access-date=August 7, 2013 |publisher=San Diego Metropolitan Transit System }}{{Cite web |title=Mid Coast Trolley Extension Map |url=http://www.sandag.org/uploads/projectid/projectid_250_15921.jpg |access-date=January 24, 2014 |publisher=San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) |format=pdf}} Ridership is projected at 34,700 trips in 2030.{{Cite web |date=April 2015 |title=Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project |url=http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/CA_San_Diego_Mid_Coast_Corridor_Engineering_Project_Profile.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721201406/http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/CA_San_Diego_Mid_Coast_Corridor_Engineering_Project_Profile.pdf |archive-date=July 21, 2015 |access-date=July 20, 2015 |publisher=Federal Transit Administration }} The extension primarily follows the right-of-way of the Coaster and Interstate 5, with an elevated deviation around the UCSD area. MTS estimated construction costs of $2.1 billion. An aim of the extension is to decrease demand for parking on the UCSD campus while providing direct trolley access to Westfield UTC, a popular shopping mall. The existing SuperLoop BRT Shuttle (Routes 201/202) provides transit in and around the UTC area from the nearby trolley stations.{{Cite web |date=May 2013 |title=Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project Fact Sheet |url=http://www.sandag.org/uploads/publicationid/publicationid_12_5984.pdf |access-date=August 7, 2013 |publisher=San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)}} Testing of the line began in June 2021,{{Cite news |last=Jennewein |first=Chris |date=June 29, 2021 |title=First MTS Trolley Enters New Tecolote Road Station as Testing Begins on Blue Line Extension |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2021/06/29/first-mts-trolley-enters-new-tecolote-road-station-as-testing-begins-on-blue-line-extension/ |access-date=June 29, 2021 |agency=Times of San Diego}} and it opened to revenue service on November 21, 2021, although alternate weekday and weekend late night Blue Line trips still short turn at America Plaza.{{cite web |title=November 2021 Service Changes {{!}} San Diego Metropolitan Transit System |url=https://www.sdmts.com/getting-around/service-notices/november-2021-service-changes |website=www.sdmts.com |language=en |date=26 October 2021 |quote=Service frequency north of America Plaza will be every 15 minutes, seven days/week, with a span of service similar to current. Frequency south of America Plaza will remain at every 7.5 minutes on weekdays.}}{{cite web |title=Trolley |url=https://www.sdmts.com/sites/default/files/attachments/trolley-timetable_nov2021.pdf |website=www.sdmts.com |access-date=28 September 2024 |date=21 November 2024}}
The Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project was done in conjunction with the North Coast Corridor project, which upgrades the LOSSAN Corridor further to the north. Both projects build upon the original right-of-way of the Surf Line, which was built in the 1880s as the original railway from Los Angeles to San Diego.
= Overnight Express bus =
On January 26, 2025, the MTS established bus route 910, an "Overnight Express" bus operating on the southern section of the Blue Line from midnight to 5 A.M., when the Blue Line isn't running.{{cite web |title=MTS "Owl" (Overnight) Service from San Ysidro to Downtown {{!}} San Diego Metropolitan Transit System |url=https://www.sdmts.com/inside-mts/current-projects/mts-owl-overnight-service |website=www.sdmts.com |language=en |date=5 April 2024}} Route 910 operates between {{stl|San Diego Trolley|Santa Fe Depot}} and San Ysidro Transit Center, with intermediate stops at the {{stl|San Diego Trolley|City College}}, {{stl|San Diego Trolley|12th & Imperial}}, {{stl|San Diego Trolley|24th Street}}, {{stl|San Diego Trolley|Palomar Street}}, and {{stl|San Diego Trolley|Iris Avenue}} transit centers.{{cite web |title=910 - Overnight Express |url=https://www.sdmts.com/sites/default/files/routes/pdf/910.pdf |publisher=San Diego Metropolitan Transit System |date=26 January 2025}}
Stations
{{See also|List of San Diego Trolley stations}}
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| {{stl|SDMTS|UTC}}
| rowspan="3" |University City, San Diego |{{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|30}}, {{SDMTS route|31}}, {{SDMTS route|41}}, {{SDMTS route|60}}, {{SDMTS route|105}}, {{SDMTS route|201}}, {{SDMTS route|202}}, {{SDMTS route|204}}, {{SDMTS route|921}} | {{bus icon}} NCTD: {{NCTD route|101}} | {{Parking symbol}} Park and ride: 333 spaces, paid }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Executive Drive}}
|{{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|204}}, {{SDMTS route|237}}, {{SDMTS route|921A}}, {{SDMTS route|979}} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|UC San Diego Health La Jolla}}
|{{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} UC San Diego Triton Transit: Health Campus Connector, Regents Express | {{rint|bus}} FlixBus UC San Diego – La Jolla }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|UC San Diego Central Campus}}
| rowspan="3" |La Jolla, |{{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|985}} | {{bus icon}} UC San Diego Triton Transit: Inside Loop, Outside Loop, Regents Express }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|VA Medical Center}}
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| {{stl|SDMTS|Nobel Drive}}
|{{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|30}}, {{SDMTS route|201}}, {{SDMTS route|202}} | {{bus icon}} NCTD: {{NCTD route|101}}{{Cite map |date=November 2021 |title=Regional Transit Map |url=https://www.sdmts.com/sites/default/files/attachments/rtm_nov2021.pdf |access-date=August 20, 2022 |website=San Diego Metropolitan Transit System}} | {{Parking symbol}} Park and ride: 289 spaces }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Balboa Avenue}}
| rowspan="2" |Bay Park, San Diego |{{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|8}}, {{SDMTS route|27}}, {{SDMTS route|43}} | {{Parking symbol}} Park and ride: 227 spaces }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Clairemont Drive}}
|{{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|105}} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Tecolote Road}}
|{{Parking symbol}} Park and ride: 279 spaces |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Old Town}}
|{{Unbulleted list | {{MTS icon|Green|showtext=y}} | {{rint|us|amtrak}} Pacific Surfliner | {{rint|sandiego|coaster}} Coaster | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|8}}, {{SDMTS route|9}}, {{SDMTS route|10}}, {{SDMTS route|28}}, {{SDMTS route|30}}, {{SDMTS route|35}}, {{SDMTS route|44}}, {{SDMTS route|83}}, {{SDMTS route|88}}, {{SDMTS route|105}} | {{rint|air|link=San Diego International Airport}} (via {{bus icon}}) San Diego Flyer shuttle | | | {{Parking symbol}} Park and ride: 412 spaces }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Washington Street}}
|{{Unbulleted list | {{MTS icon|Green|showtext=y}} | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|10}} }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Middletown}}
|{{Unbulleted list | {{MTS icon|Green|showtext=y}} | {{rint|air|link=San Diego International Airport}} (via {{bus icon}}) TROLLEY → TERMINAL shuttle }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|County Center/Little Italy}}
|{{MTS icon|Green|showtext=y}} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Santa Fe Depot}}{{efn|Starting point for one early-morning northbound trolley on weekends.}}
| rowspan="4" |Core, San Diego |{{Unbulleted list | {{MTS icon|Green|showtext=y}} | {{rint|us|amtrak}} Pacific Surfliner | {{rint|sandiego|coaster}} Coaster | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|83}}, {{SDMTS route|215}}, {{SDMTS route|225}}, {{SDMTS route|235}}, {{SDMTS route|280}}, {{SDMTS route|290}}, {{SDMTS route|923}}, {{SDMTS route|992}} }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|America Plaza}}{{efn|Northbound terminus for approximately half of the Blue Line trains.{{cite web |title=Trolley Timetable |url=https://www.sdmts.com/sites/default/files/attachments/trolley-timetable-sept2024.pdf |publisher=San Diego Metropolitan Transit System |access-date=22 November 2024 |date=29 September 2024}}{{cite web |title=UC San Diego Blue Line Schedule {{!}} Trolley – MTS {{!}} San Diego Metropolitan Transit System |url=https://www.sdmts.com/getting-around/departures-and-schedules/schedules/510 |website=www.sdmts.com |publisher=San Diego Metropolitan Transit System |access-date=22 November 2024 |language=en}}}}
|{{Unbulleted list | {{MTS icon|Silver|showtext=y}} | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|83}}, {{SDMTS route|215}}, {{SDMTS route|225}}, {{SDMTS route|235}}, {{SDMTS route|280}}, {{SDMTS route|290}}, {{SDMTS route|923}}, {{SDMTS route|992}} }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Civic Center}}
|{{MTS icon|Orange|showtext=y}} {{MTS icon|Silver|showtext=y}} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Fifth Avenue}}
|{{Unbulleted list | {{MTS icon|Orange|showtext=y}} {{MTS icon|Silver|showtext=y}} | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|3}}, {{SDMTS route|120}} }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|City College}}
| rowspan="3" |East Village, San Diego |{{Unbulleted list | {{MTS icon|Orange|showtext=y}} {{MTS icon|Silver|showtext=y}} | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|2}}, {{SDMTS route|5}}, {{SDMTS route|7}}, {{SDMTS route|12}}, {{SDMTS route|20}}, {{SDMTS route|110}}, {{SDMTS route|215}}, {{SDMTS route|225}}, {{SDMTS route|235}}, {{SDMTS route|280}}, {{SDMTS route|290}}, {{SDMTS route|992}} }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Park & Market}}
|{{Unbulleted list | {{MTS icon|Orange|showtext=y}} {{MTS icon|Silver|showtext=y}} | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|3}}, {{SDMTS route|5}} }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|12th & Imperial}}{{efn|Starting point for two early-morning northbound trolleys, and terminus for two southbound late-night trolleys.}}
|{{Unbulleted list | {{MTS icon|Green|showtext=y}} {{MTS icon|Orange|showtext=y}} {{MTS icon|Silver|showtext=y}} | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|4}}, {{SDMTS route|12}}, {{SDMTS route|901}}, {{SDMTS route|929}} | {{rint|bus}} Greyhound Lines | {{Parking symbol}} Park and ride: 1,020 spaces, paid }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Barrio Logan}}{{efn|Starting point for 5 early-morning southbound trolleys on weekdays, and three early-morning southbound trolleys on weekends.}}
| rowspan="2" |Logan Heights, San Diego | |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Harborside}}
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| {{stl|SDMTS|Pacific Fleet}}
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| {{stl|SDMTS|8th Street}}
| rowspan="2" |National City |{{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|932}}, {{SDMTS route|955}}, {{SDMTS route|962}}, {{SDMTS route|963}}, {{SDMTS route|968}} | {{Parking symbol}} Park and ride: 123 spaces }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|24th Street}}
|{{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|13}}, {{SDMTS route|961}}, {{SDMTS route|967}} | {{Parking symbol}} Park and ride: 156 spaces }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|E Street}}
| rowspan="3" |Chula Vista |{{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|704}}, {{SDMTS route|705}}, {{SDMTS route|932}} | {{bus icon}} Living Coast Discovery Center shuttle | {{Parking symbol}} Park and ride: 267 spaces }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|H Street}}
|{{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|701}}, {{SDMTS route|709}} | {{Parking symbol}} Park and ride: 295 spaces }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Palomar Street}}
|{{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|701}}, {{SDMTS route|704}}, {{SDMTS route|712}} | {{Parking symbol}} Park and ride: 305 spaces }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Palm Avenue}}
|{{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|932}}, {{SDMTS route|933}}, {{SDMTS route|934}} | {{Parking symbol}} Park and ride: 499 spaces }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Iris Avenue}}
|{{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|227}}, {{SDMTS route|901}}, {{SDMTS route|905}}, {{SDMTS route|906}}, {{SDMTS route|907}}, {{SDMTS route|929}}, {{SDMTS route|932}}, {{SDMTS route|933}}, {{SDMTS route|934}} | {{Parking symbol}} Park and ride: 192 spaces }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|Beyer Blvd.}}
| rowspan="2" |San Ysidro, San Diego |{{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|906}}, {{SDMTS route|907}} | {{Parking symbol}} Park and ride: 131 spaces }} |
| {{stl|SDMTS|San Ysidro}}
|{{bus icon}} MTS: {{SDMTS route|906}}, {{SDMTS route|907}} |
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Future
= Cross-Border Trolley (proposed) =
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Although the current Blue Line ends at San Ysidro Transit Center, just north of the Mexico–United States border, future plans for the Blue Line to continue into Tijuana are awaiting approval. If it is to be made, the Blue Line would be extended {{convert|1|or|1.5|mi|km}}{{cite web |title=SANDAG – Innovative Connector Concepts |url=https://www.sandag.org/projects-and-programs/innovative-mobility/innovative-connector-concepts |website=www.sandag.org |access-date=20 May 2024}}{{cite web |title=Three transportation projects, including a trolley extension into Tijuana, pitched to public Sunday |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/transportation/story/2022-10-09/three-transportation-projects-including-a-trolley-extension-into-tijuana-pitched-to-public-sunday |website=The San Diego Union-Tribune |access-date=20 May 2024 |date=10 October 2022}} on elevated trackage{{cite web |last1=Dibble |first1=Sandra |title=Could an Elevated Trolley be the Answer to Long Border Wait Times? |url=https://voiceofsandiego.org/2022/07/25/could-an-elevated-trolley-be-the-answer-to-long-border-wait-times/ |website=Voice of San Diego |access-date=20 May 2024 |date=26 July 2022}} into a new Tijuana station.{{cite web |title=Trolley to Tijuana: Extending San Diego’s Blue Line {{!}} SPUR |url=https://www.spur.org/events/2023-11-07/trolley-tijuana-extending-san-diegos-blue-line |website=www.spur.org |language=en |date=November 7, 2023}} This proposal for a "Cross-Border Trolley", supported by SANDAG{{cite web |last1=Berjan |first1=Sarah |title=SANDAG supports proposal that extends San Diego’s Blue Line Trolley into Tijuana |url=https://www.chulavistatoday.com/local-news/sandag-supports-proposal-that-extends-san-diegos-blue-line-trolley-into-tijuana |website=Chula Vista Today |access-date=20 May 2024 |date=3 August 2022}} and officials in Baja California,{{cite web |last1=Saldaña |first1=Jorge |title=Officials Propose Cross-Border Trolley |url=https://mexico-now.com/officials-propose-cross-border-trolley |website=MEXICONOW |access-date=20 May 2024 |date=8 May 2020}} could take eight years to complete.{{cite web |title=Goodbye to traffic and hours in line! Tijuana-San Diego trolley should be ready in 8 years |url=https://www.sandiegored.com/en/news/250747/Goodbye-to-traffic-and-hours-in-line-TijuanaSan-Diego-trolley-should-be-ready-in-8-years |website=SanDiegoRed |access-date=20 May 2024 |language=en |date=15 December 2023}}
Notes
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