Balboa Avenue Transit Center
Preceding station | San Diego Trolley | Following station | ||
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Nobel Drive towards UTC | Blue Line | Clairemont Drive towards San Ysidro | ||
Terminus | Special Event Line | Clairemont Drive towards 12th & Imperial |
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Balboa Avenue Transit Center is a San Diego Trolley station in San Diego, California. The station is located along Balboa Avenue between Interstate 5 and Morena Boulevard.[6] Service began on November 21, 2021[5] after the completion of the Blue Line Mid-Coast Trolley extension project.[7]
The City, with input from the Pacific Beach and Clairemont Mesa community planning groups, approved the Balboa Station Area Specific Plan in September 2019.[8]
Artwork from the nearby former Home Savings and Loan building could be incorporated into the station. The Chase bank plans to demolish its building, built in 1977, with eight mosaics by Millard Sheets on the exterior.[9]
Station layout
There are two tracks, each served by a side platform.
Side platform, doors open on the right | |
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Southbound | → ![]() |
Side platform, doors open on the right |
References
- ^ "San Diego Regional Transit Map" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. October 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ "Transit Station Parking". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. July 27, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
- ^ "Interactive San Diego Regional Bike Map". San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG). Retrieved August 20, 2022.
- ^ "Schedules & Real Time". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ a b Olsen, Mark (November 22, 2021). "San Diego Region Celebrates Grand Opening of Mid-Coast Extension of the UC San Diego Blue Line Trolley" (Press release). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
- ^ "Clairemont Drive Station to north of Balboa Avenue Station". San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG). keepsandiegomoving.com. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project". San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG). Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ RRM Design Group; Kimley-Horn and Associates; Evari GIS Consulting; HR&A Advisors (September 10, 2019). Balboa Avenue Station Area Specific Plan, City of San Diego 2019 (PDF) (Report). Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ Butler, Sara (July 30, 2020). "Could Chase Bank mosaics in Pacific Beach soon leave the neighborhood? Efforts are underway to save them". PB Monthly. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
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