![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/La_Mesa_Boulevard.jpg/640px-La_Mesa_Boulevard.jpg&w=640&q=50)
La Mesa Boulevard station
San Diego Trolley station / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about La Mesa Boulevard station?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
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 | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() A view of La Mesa Boulevard station from Spring Street | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 8248 La Mesa Boulevard La Mesa, California United States | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°45′52″N 117°01′13″W | ||||||||||
Owned by | San Diego Metropolitan Transit System | ||||||||||
Operated by | San Diego Trolley | ||||||||||
Line(s) | SD&AE La Mesa Branch[1] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 8 rack spaces, 2 lockers[3] | ||||||||||
Accessible | ![]() | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | 75034, 75035[4] | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | June 23, 1989 (1989-06-23)[5] | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2012[6] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
|
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.[7] The station building was built in 1894, when the San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway was built, and it was moved across the tracks to its current site in 1915.[8] Passenger service stopped in 1928, and did not restart until 1989 as part of the San Diego Trolley.