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La Mesa Boulevard station is a station on the Orange Line of the San Diego Trolley located in the San Diego suburb of La Mesa, California. It serves the dense nearby commercial area, as well as a variety of apartment buildings that surround the stop.

La Mesa Boulevard
San Diego Trolley station
General information
Location	8248 La Mesa Boulevard La Mesa, California United States
Coordinates	32.764525°N 117.020152°W / 32.764525; -117.020152
Owned by	San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Operated by	San Diego Trolley
Line(s)	La Mesa Branch[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Metropolitan Transit System: 852[2]
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Disabled access
Other information
Station code	75034, 75035[3]
History
Opened	June 23, 1989 (1989-06-23)[4]
Rebuilt	Fall 2012[5]
Services
Preceding station San Diego Trolley Following station Spring Street towards Courthouse Orange Line Grossmont Transit Center towards Arnele Avenue
Location

Adjacent to the station is the historic La Mesa Depot Museum owned by the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. The museum is a restored station from 1894, and has original equipment from that era including a Steam locomotive and Caboose.[6] The station building was built in 1894, when the San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway had built it, and moved across the tracks to its current site in 1915.[7] Passenger service stopped in 1928, and did not restart until 1989 as part of the San Diego Trolley.

History

La Mesa Boulevard opened as part of the third segment of the East Line on June 23, 1989, operated from 12th & Imperial Transit Center to El Cajon Transit Center. The line was extended to its current terminus in 1995.[4]

This station was renovated from June 2012[8] through fall 2012[5] as part of the Trolley Renewal Project, although the station remained open during construction.

Station layout

There are two tracks, each served by a side platform.

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound	← Orange Line toward Courthouse (Spring Street)
Eastbound	→ Orange Line toward Arnele Avenue (Grossmont Transit Center) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

See also

• List of San Diego Trolley stations

References

External links

• La Mesa Depot Museum

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