America Plaza is a station of the Blue and Silver Lines on the San Diego Trolley. It is located in the Downtown Core of San Diego, California, 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,[5][6] making the station the second infill station in the San Diego Trolley system.

America Plaza
America Plaza station, 2019
General information
Location	1050 India St San Diego, California
Coordinates	32.716253°N 117.168317°W / 32.716253; -117.168317
Owned by	San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Operated by	San Diego Trolley
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MTS: 83, Rapid 215, Rapid 225, Rapid 235, Rapid Express 280, Rapid Express 290, 923, 992[1]
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Paid parking nearby
Disabled access
Other information
Station code	75084, 75085[2]
History
Opened	November 14, 1991; 30 years ago (1991-11-14)[3]
Rebuilt	December 2011; 10 years ago (2011-12)[4]
Services
Preceding station San Diego Trolley Following station Santa Fe Depot towards UTC Transit Center Blue Line Civic Center towards San Ysidro Transit Center Seaport Village Next clockwise Silver Line Civic Center Next clockwise
Location

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.[7] When the Mid-Coast extension was completed on November 21, 2021, the Blue Line was re-extended northward through Santa Fe Depot and Old Town to serve the new stations.[8]

This station was closed from October 21 until December 19, 2011,[4] for renovations as part of the Trolley Renewal Project,[9] during which a temporary stop was erected between Columbia and State streets to serve the area.[10]

On April 29, 2018, the Courthouse station opened as the new terminus of the Orange Line.[11]

Station layout

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound	←  Blue Line toward UTC Transit Center (Santa Fe Depot)
Southbound	→  Blue Line toward San Ysidro Transit Center (Civic Center) → →  Silver Line downtown loop (Civic Center) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to America Plaza (San Diego Trolley station).

• List of San Diego Trolley stations

References