America Plaza station

America Plaza
San Diego Trolley station
Train approaching on the Orange Line
General information
Location	1050 India Street San Diego, CA
Coordinates	32.716253°N 117.168317°W / 32.716253; -117.168317
Owned by	San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Line(s)
Platforms	2
Connections	Bus Routes 2, 83, 210, 810, 820, 850, 860, 923, 992
Construction
Parking	no
Bicycle facilities	yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1991
Rebuilt	2011
Services
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America Plaza is a station of the Blue and Silver Lines on the San Diego Trolley. It is located in the Downtown Core of the city and is directly connected to One America Plaza, the city's tallest building. The station, and its accompanying 34-story high-rise building, opened on November 14, 1991, making the station the second infill station in the San Diego Trolley system.

Services

The station serves as the terminus of the interim terminus for the Blue Line. America Plaza's location directly adjacent to the Santa Fe Depot also allows for "indirect" transfers to the Green Line as well, as the two stations are within easy walking distance of each other. The next station to the east for both the Blue and Silver lines (the latter of which comes from the direction of Seaport Village), is Civic Center, where it joins the Orange Line. The Blue Line arrives and departs on the track closest to Kettner Boulevard. The Orange Line arrives and departs from the track closest to the office building; the Silver Line also uses this same track, arriving from the west, and departing towards the Civic Center station to the east.

Platforms and tracks

■ Blue Line	toward San Ysidro Transit Center (Civic Center) width=430
■ Silver Line	toward 12th & Imperial Transit Center (Civic Center)

History

America Plaza originally was where the Orange and Blue lines split. The Orange Line used to loop south and east on its way to Gaslamp Quarter and back to 12th & Imperial Transit Center, while the Blue Line used to turn north towards Santa Fe Depot on its way to Old Town Transit Center. A system redesign on September 2, 2012, shortened the Blue Line's northern terminus to this station, and rerouted the Orange Line to terminate at Santa Fe Depot, while the western portion of the downtown loop was replaced by service from the Green Line. Once the Mid-Coast extension is completed in 2021, the Blue Line will be re-extended northward through Santa Fe Depot and Old Town to serve the new stations.

This station was closed from October 21 until December 19, 2011, for renovations as part of the Trolley Renewal Project, during which a temporary stop was erected between Columbia and State streets to serve the area.

On April 29, 2018, the Courthouse station opened as the new terminus of the Orange Line.

See also

• List of San Diego Trolley stations