San Ysidro Transit Center is a San Diego Trolley station in the San Ysidro neighborhood of San Diego, California. The station is the southern terminus of the Blue Line and is located on a short rail spur off the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway main line which hosts the Blue Line to downtown San Diego.
San Ysidro Transit Center | |||||||||||
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.jpg) A trolley at the San Ysidro Transit Center in 2015 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 700 East San Ysidro Boulevard San Diego, California United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°32′40″N 117°01′47″W / 32.54443°N 117.02975°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | San Diego Metropolitan Transit System | ||||||||||
| Operated by | San Diego Trolley | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms, 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  MTS: 906, 907[1] | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 75000[2] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 26, 1981[3] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2015[4] | ||||||||||
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Located just north of the San Ysidro Port of Entry at the Mexico–United States border, San Ysidro serves primarily as a way to provide access to downtown for the thousands of international commuters and tourists who travel between San Diego County and Tijuana, Mexico. It also provides access to the large shopping areas, including the Las Americas Premium Outlets which are connected to the stop via a pedestrian walkway. An intercity bus station is located adjacent to the station.[5][6] It is the second busiest station in the San Diego Trolley, with nearly 18,000 passengers using the station each day.[7]
History
San Ysidro opened as part of the initial 15.9-mile (25.6 km) "South Line" of the San Diego Trolley system on July 26, 1981, operating from San Ysidro north to downtown San Diego.[3]
This station was scheduled to undergo renovation starting December 2014,[8] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project,[9] though actual renovation construction did not begin until January 2015.[10] Renovation construction at the station continued through December 2015[4] before completion.
Future
There are future plans for the station. A proposed Purple Line is to start its route at San Ysidro.[11] Moreover, SANDAG has proposed to turn the San Ysidro Transit Center into the San Ysidro Mobility Hub, including by adding a third trolley track to increase Blue Line frequencies, adding a bus lane on East San Ysidro Boulevard, increasing the amount of bus routes, and in the long-term, possibly even adding connections to the Coaster and Amtrak.[12]
Furthermore, 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 1 mile[13] or 1.5 miles[14] on an elevated trackage[15] into a new Tijuana station.[16] This proposal for a "Cross-Border Trolley", supported by SANDAG[17] and officials in Baja California,[18] could take 8 years to complete.[19]
Station layout
The station has two tracks, each with platforms on either side.
| Side platform, doors will open on the left or right | |
| Northbound | ←  Blue Line toward UTC (Beyer Boulevard) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left or right | |
| Northbound | ← Blue Line toward UTC (Beyer Boulevard) |
| Side platform, doors will open on the left or right | |
Bus connections
- San Diego Metropolitan Transit System: 906, 907[1]
- ACN Autobuses[20]
- Damaris Express[21]
- El Corre Caminos[22]
- Executive Lines[22]
- Flixbus[23]
- Fronteras del Norte[22]
- Greyhound Lines[22]
- Greyhound Mexico
- International Bus Lines[22]
- Las Vegas Shuttles[24]
- Rapid Connection[citation needed]
- Saenz Express[22]
- Ticketon[22]
- Tres Estrella de Oro[25]
- TUFESA[22]