SAN DIEGO – SANTA FE DEPOT
CITY PROFILE
The
San Diego Station is located at 1050 Kettner Boulevard, just north of Broadway.
This
station is the southern terminus of the Coaster and Pacific Surfliners.
The
station is served by San Diego Trolley’s popular Blue Line linking the station
with Old Town, downtown San Diego via C Street, and the San Ysidro
International Border via South Bay Communities.
The
station ticket office is open from 5:15AM to 10:30PM.
Baggage
service is open from 5:30AM to 8:30PM.
Waiting
room is open from 4:30AM to 1:30AM daily.
The trolley’s Orange Line serves the trolley station across the street under the tall green glass building that is commonly known as America Plaza.
BLUE LINE:
The Blue Line may be boarded in both directions on the west side of the depot,
approximately 150 feet north of the baggage room. Trains serving the track closest to the station operate to Old
Town, with a limited number of through trains to Qualcomm Stadium. The second
track from the station is the southbound track; trains on this track operate
through Downtown San Diego on most trips, although some trains also serve the
Convention Center and Gaslamp Quarter area.
Northbound
trains operate from 4:30AM to 1:45AM daily, with extra service on Saturday night.
Southbound
trains operate from 4:54AM to 11:54PM daily, with two additional trips on
Saturday night.
On
Saturdays, the Blue Line Trolley provides night owl service to San Ysidro at
12:54AM. A second train that involves a transfer between trains across the
platform at 12th & Imperial operates at 3:09AM connecting at 12th
& Imperial with a connecting 3:23AM departure to San Ysidro. This is done
to transition from Saturday service to Sunday service.
Passengers
boarding the trolley needing special assistance should be positioned on the
Blue Square on the station platform five minutes before the train arrives in
the station. Visually impaired riders should be positioned on the yellow
directional mat on the station platform five minutes before the train arrives
in the station.
Passengers
continuing on to Mission Valley on most trips are required to change trains at
the Old Town Stations. Retractable steps on older trains that are equipped with
step-outs will not deploy at the Old Town Station due to the height of the
station platform.
Extra
service is operated for sporting contests, concerts, and other special events
in downtown San Diego, Old Town, and Mission Valley.
Orange Line:
As
noted, the Orange Line boards in the trolley station directly across Kettner
Boulevard from the front of the station. This is the station located beneath
the tall green glass building that is known as America Plaza transfer station.
The
last four trips in each direction on the weekend schedule operate on Saturday
Night only.
Orange
Line trains operate eastbound through Downtown San Diego, Southeast San Diego,
Encanto, Lemon Grove, La Mesa, and El Cajon to Gillespie Field, near the El
Cajon-Santee border.
Westbound
trains continue on to the Seaport Village, Convention Center, and Gaslamp
Quarter areas before returning to the 12th & Imperial Terminal.
The terminal station at 12th & Imperial is the platform located
on the south side of the MTS Office Tower Building.
Weekday
Eastbound service operates from 4:52AM to 11:52PM
Weekday
Westbound Service operates from 5:32AM to 1:47AM
Saturday
Eastbound Service operates from 4:52AM to 12:22AM
Saturday
Westbound Service operates from 6:17AM to 2:17AM
Sunday
and Holiday Eastbound service operates from 4:52AM to 10:22PM
Sunday
and Holiday Westbound Service operates from 6:17AM to 12:17AM
NOTE:
SUNDAY SCHEDULE IS OPERATED ON NEW YEAR’S DAY, PRESIDENT’S DAY, MEMORIAL DAY,
INDEPENDENCE DAY, LABOR DAY, AND THANKSGIVING DAY.
A
special 30-minute service schedule is operated on Christmas Day on all lines.
METROPOLITAN
TRANSIT SYSTEM BUS SERVICE:
As a
result of some recently implemented service changes that are part of the first
phase of the Comprehensive Operational Analysis project, which is presently in
progress towards implementing the phase 2 service changes, the number of bus
routes operating west of Union and State Streets on Broadway has been
substantially reduced. Most bus routes
that were servicing the Embarcadero and Seaport Village areas have been
relocated and now terminate at either the Civic Center Trolley Station or the
Hall of Justice area. Only those buses,
which actually serve the depot, are being listed on this profile. Route 4 has been shortened back to the 12th
and Imperial Transfer Station and no longer operates through to downtown San
Diego or the Embarcadero area.
ROUTE 2:
Route
2 operates between Pacific Highway and Grape Street, near the Denny’s/China
Camp Restaurants complex and Adams Avenue & 30th Street in the
Kensington area.
Weekday
Service to the Embarcadero operates from 5:06AM to 12:48AM.
Weekend
Service to the Embarcadero operates from 5:12AM to 12:17AM.
Weekday
Service to Kensington operates from 5:33AM to 12:11AM.
Weekend
Service to Kensington operates from 5:38AM to 1:08AM.
Route 40 Express:
Route
40 Express is a peak hour, peak direction commuter service between downtown San
Diego and the Fletcher Hills area, on the border of El Cajon and San Diego.
This service operates through downtown San Diego and continues on to the I-15
Transit Plazas at University Avenue and El Cajon Boulevard, the Grantville
Trolley Station Bus Plaza, Grantville, Allied Gardens, and San Carlos.
Weekday
morning service to the Embarcadero consists of five trips from 6:29AM to
8:45AM.
These
trips no longer service Laurel Street, Harbor Drive, or Pacific Highway north
of Grape Street.
Weekday
Afternoon service to Fletcher Hills consists of six trips from 3:12PM to
5:41PM.
ROUTE 70 Express:
Route
70 Express is also a peak hour, peak direction express service that operates from
the Embarcadero through Downtown San Diego to University Avenue & 69th
Street, near the San Diego-La Mesa Border in the community of Rolando. This route also serves City Heights Transit
Plaza @ I-15 and University Avenue.
Weekday
Morning Service to the Embarcadero consists of six trips from 6:44AM to 9:15AM.
Weekday
Afternoon Service to Rolando operates consists of six trips from 3:06PM to
5:35PM.
ROUTE 210 Express:
Route
210 Express is also a peak hour, peak direction express service that operates from
the Embarcadero to Clairemont and Complex Drive via downtown San Diego, Mira
Mesa, Sorrento Mesa, and eastern Sorrento Valley. Northbound trips that extend
past Aderman & Mira Mesa Boulevard also serve Lusk Boulevard, Morehouse
Drive, and Scranton Road north of Mira Mesa Boulevard. All inbound trips remain
on Mira Mesa Boulevard in the Sorrento Valley area. All trips in both directions serve the Aderman Loop.
Weekday
service to the Embarcadero consists of five morning trips from 6:20AM to
8:28AM.
Weekday
service to Mira Mesa, Sorrento Mesa, Sorrento Valley, and Clairemont Complex
consists of four trips from 3:46PM to 5:36PM.
ROUTE 830 Express:
Route
830 Express is a reverse-peak hour, reverse-peak direction service that
operates from downtown San Diego to the Poway Industrial Park. This bus does
not service the portion of downtown San Diego that is west of Kettner
Boulevard. Service operates via
downtown San Diego and the I-15 Transit Plazas at University Avenue and El
Cajon Boulevard.
Weekday
Morning service to Poway Industrial Park consists of three trips from 5:45AM to
6:43AM.
Weekday
Afternoon Service consists of three arrivals from 4:31PM to 6:37PM.
ROUTE 850 Express:
Route
850 Express is a peak-hour, peak-direction service that operates from the
Doubletree Hotel Resort in Rancho Peñasquitos to the Embarcadero via downtown
San Diego.
Weekday
morning service to the Embarcadero consists of four trips from 6:45AM to
8:15AM.
Weekday
afternoon service to the Double Tree Hotel Resort in Rancho Peñasquitos
consists of four trips from 4:08PM to 5:38PM.
This
downtown terminal of this route is at the Denny’s/China Camp Restaurants
complex on Pacific Highway north of Hawthorn Street.
ROUTE 860 Express:
Route
860 Express is a peak-hour, peak-direction service that operates from Casa De
Las Campanas in Rancho Bernardo to the Embarcadero area via downtown San
Diego. As of September 2005, this route
no longer operates to North County Fair.
Weekday
Morning service to the Embarcadero consists of four trips from 6:49AM to
8:19AM.
Weekday
Afternoon service to Casa De Las Campanas consists of four trips from 4:11PM to
5:41PM.
ROUTE 922:
Route
922 is a reverse-peak-hour, reverse-peak-direction service that operates from
the City College Trolley Station area in downtown San Diego to the Space and
Naval Warfare Science Systems Center in the Point Loma area via the Embarcadero
area, ASW & Liberty Station, Loma Portal, and Ocean Beach.
Weekday
morning service to Point Loma consists of three trips from 5:46AM to 7:23AM.
These
trips continue on to Orchard and Sunset Cliffs in Ocean Beach after arriving at
SSC Point Loma.
Weekday
afternoon service to City College Trolley Station consists of three trips from
4:45PM to 6:17PM.
These
trips continue to downtown via SSC Point Loma after arriving in Ocean Beach
from Route 923 at Orchard and Sunset Cliffs Boulevard.
ROUTE 923:
Route
923 is a local route providing service between City College Trolley Station and
Orchard Street & Sunset Cliffs Boulevard in the central Ocean Beach area
via the Embarcadero, ASW & Liberty Station, and Loma Portal. This route
operates along Chatsworth Boulevard and Voltaire Street. Service operates on
variable headways ranging from 30 to 60 minutes throughout the day.
Weekday
Service to Ocean Beach operates from 8:24AM to 5:55PM.
Weekday
Service to City College operates from 6:03AM to 6:52PM.
Routes
40, 70, 210, 830, 850, 860, 922, and 923 do not provide weekend or Holiday
service.
ROUTE 992 – AIRPORT FLYER SHUTTLE:
Route
992 is San Diego’s Airport Flyer Shuttle. Service operates from the City
College Trolley Station in Downtown San Diego to Lindbergh Field via downtown
San Diego, the Denny’s/China Camp Restaurants complex area, and the northern
Embarcadero Area.
Weekday
service to Lindbergh Field operates from 5:07AM to 12:52AM.
Weekday
service to City College operates from 5:28AM to 1:06AM.
Weekend
service to Lindbergh Field operates from 4:59AM to 12:49AM.
Weekend
service to City College operates from 5:19AM to 1:06AM.
Buses
on route 992 are equipped with on-board luggage racks.
All
routes listed provide either wheelchair lifts or ramps for those passengers
needing special assistance. All routes
are equipped with bike racks.
Routes
2 and 992 offer Holiday Service only.
AMTRAK THRUWAY MOTORCOACH SERVICE TO BAKERSFIELD:
The
nightly Amtrak Thruway Motor coach connection boards on Kettner Boulevard
adjacent to the Front Entrance to the Station.
Service connects with northbound San Joaquin trains in Bakersfield for
points in the Central Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California, and
Northwestern Nevada. This bus is also
the connection for the California Zephyr.
PAY PHONES AND VENDING MACHINES:
Pay
phones are available in the room adjacent to the Men’s Restroom, to the extreme
right of the ticket office windows. The
same room has vending machines inside that sell both soft drinks and snacks.
SNACK BAR:
The
Silver Streak Café is located in the southwest corner of the station lobby,
serving a wide variety of sandwiches, snacks, beverages, and convenience items.
A limited assortment of sundries is also available. Silver Streak is open from 5:15AM to 9:45PM seven days a week.
Hours may vary during special events and high travel periods.
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS:
Seaport
Village is located four blocks south of the depot on Kettner Boulevard. A variety of restaurants, sports bars,
sidewalk cafes, and boutiques are available.
The
Civic Theatre Complex is the home of the San Diego Opera Company. Civic Theatre
is two trolley stops east of the depot on C Street.
Westfield
Shoppingtown Horton Plaza is also accessible via the Civic Center Station.
Horton Plaza consists of department stores, boutiques, sidewalk style kiosks,
restaurants, fast food, snack shops, sports bars, and a fourteen-screen movie
theatre.
San
Diego Harbor Excursion is located at 1050 Harbor Drive, three blocks west of
the depot. The Harbor Excursion offers dinner cruises, whale watching tours,
guided cruise tours of the San Diego Bay, and operates the popular Ferry Boat
that operates to the old Ferry Landing on Coronado.
Hornblower
Cruises and Events are also located at 1050 Harbor Drive. Hornblower offers dinner cruises and guided
Harbor tours seven days a week, and brunch cruises on Sundays. Special cruises
with meals are provided at other times of the year.
USS
Midway Naval Air Museum is located on the south side of the Navy Pier between
Broadway and the north entrance of Seaport Village.
San
Diego Cruise Ship Terminal is located on Harbor Drive at the B Street Pier.
The
Cruise Ship terminal serves the ships of Holland America, Celebrity, Princess,
Norwegian, and Carnival. Other Cruise Lines serve the San Diego terminal on a
far less-frequent basis.
Balboa
Park Museums and the World Famous San Diego Zoo:
Although
direct bus service to both Balboa Park and the Zoo are no longer available from
the depot, these attractions can be reached via the Blue Line Trolley to the
City College station. Transfer to Bus route 7 at 11th & B Street
(just north of the Del Taco Restaurant).
Balboa
Park has the popular Spreckel’s Organ Pavilion, the Palm Canyon, and the
International Village. The Reuben H. Fleet Space Theatre IMAX and Science
Center is located in Balboa Park.
Balboa
Park is the home of the world famous San Diego Zoo.
Among
the Museums in Balboa Park are the Natural History Museum, the Museum of Man,
the Aero Space Museum, and more. There are also a number of restaurants and
boutiques. In the Florida Canyon, just east of Balboa Park is the San Diego
Belodrome, a Bicycle and Skateboard stadium.
Indian
Gaming Casinos:
The
San Diego Metropolitan area consists of three gaming casinos, at Barona Valley
Ranch in Lakeside, Viejas Casino and Turf Club in Alpine, and Sycuan Casino in
El Cajon.
All
of these casinos offer shuttle service connections with San Diego Trolley’s
Orange and Green Lines at the El Cajon Transit Center Station. Viejas is also serviced by route 864, which
is one of the most popular routes in the San Diego Bus System.
