San Ysidro Transit Center

Not to be confused with San Isidro metro station.

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
A trolley at the San Ysidro Transit Center in 2015
General information
Location	700 East San Ysidro Boulevard San Diego, California United States
Coordinates	32°32′40″N 117°01′47″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] 910 (Overnight Express)[2]
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible
Other information
Station code	75000[3]
History
Opened	July 26, 1981 (1981-07-26)[4]
Rebuilt	2015[5]
Services
Preceding station San Diego Trolley Following station Beyer Boulevard toward UTC Blue Line Terminus
Former services (at SP station)[6][7] Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station San Diego Terminus San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway Main Line Tijuana toward El Centro
Location

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 transportation 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 Las Americas Premium Outlets, which are connected to the stop via a pedestrian walkway. An intercity bus station is located adjacent to the station.^[8][9] It is the second busiest station in the San Diego Trolley, with nearly 18,000 passengers using the station each day.^[10]

History

From the early 20th-century until 1951, San Ysidro was served by a station of the San Diego and Arizona Railway, and later, the SP-owned San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway.^[6] The warehouse-like station building has since become part of the San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad's San Ysidro freight yard.^[7]

San Ysidro Transit Center 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.^[4]

This station was scheduled to undergo renovation starting December 2014,^[11] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project,^[12] though actual renovation construction did not begin until January 2015.^[13] Renovation construction at the station continued through December 2015^[5] before completion.

Future

There are future plans for the station. A proposed Purple Line is to start its route at San Ysidro.^[14] 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.^[15]

See also: Blue Line (San Diego Trolley) § Cross-Border Trolley (proposed)

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^[16] or 1.5 miles^[17] on an elevated trackage^[18] into a new Tijuana station.^[19] This proposal for a "Cross-Border Trolley", supported by SANDAG^[20] and officials in Baja California,^[21] could take 8 years to complete.^[22]

Bus connections

• San Diego Metropolitan Transit System: 906, 907,^[1] 910 Overnight Express^[2]
• ACN Autobuses^[23]
• Damaris Express^[24]
• El Corre Caminos^[25]
• Executive Lines^[25]
• Flixbus^[26]
• Fronteras del Norte^[25]
• Greyhound Lines^[25]
• Greyhound Mexico
• International Bus Lines^[25]
• Las Vegas Shuttles^[27]
• Rapid Connection^{[citation needed]}
• Saenz Express^[25]
• Ticketon^[25]
• Tres Estrella de Oro^[28]
• TUFESA^[25]

See also

• List of San Diego Trolley stations