America Plaza station

America Plaza station is a stop on the Blue and Silver lines of the San Diego Trolley. Located in the downtown Core of San Diego, California, it is directly connected to One America Plaza, the city's tallest building. The station, along with its accompanying 34-story high-rise building, opened on November 14, 1991,^[5][6] replacing Columbia Street station, which was one block to the east. Since it opened along a line segment already in service, America Plaza station is the second infill station in the San Diego Trolley system, following E Street station.

America Plaza
America Plaza station, 2019
General information
Location	1050 India Street San Diego, California United States
Coordinates	32°42′59″N 117°10′06″W
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
Accessible
Other information
Station code	75084, 75085[2]
History
Opened	November 14, 1991 (1991-11-14)[3]
Rebuilt	2011[4]
Services
Preceding station San Diego Trolley Following station Santa Fe Depot toward UTC Blue Line Civic Center toward San Ysidro Seaport Village One-way operation Silver Line Civic Center Next clockwise Terminus Orange Line Late nights only Civic Center One-way operation
Former services Preceding station San Diego Trolley Following station Terminus Orange Line 2017-2018 Civic Center toward El Cajon Santa Fe Depot Terminus Orange Line 2012-2017 Seaport Village toward 12th & Imperial Orange Line 2005-2012 Civic Center toward Gillespie Field Orange Line 1995-2005 Civic Center toward Santee
Location

History

A Blue Line train is stopped under the metal arches of America Plaza station (right) while a Rapid bus departs (left). The colorful tile-covered campanile of Santa Fe Depot station can be seen in the background.

America Plaza was originally the point where the Orange and Blue lines diverged. Prior to the system redesign on September 2, 2012, the Orange Line looped south and east towards Gaslamp Quarter station and then returned to 12th & Imperial Transit Center, while the Blue Line turned north towards Santa Fe Depot en route to Old Town Transit Center. The redesign shortened the Blue Line's northern terminus to America Plaza and rerouted the Orange Line to terminate at Santa Fe Depot, replacing the western portion of the downtown loop with Green Line service.^[7] However, with the completion of Mid-Coast Trolley extension on November 21, 2021, the Blue Line was extended northward through Santa Fe Depot and Old Town to serve new stations.^[8]

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

Additionally, Courthouse station opened on April 29, 2018 becoming the new terminus of the Orange Line.^[11]

Station layout

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound	←  Blue Line toward UTC (Santa Fe Depot)
Southbound	→  Blue Line toward San Ysidro (Civic Center) → ←  Blue Line terminating short-turn trains[a] →  Silver Line downtown loop (Civic Center) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Note

1. Since November 2021, half of the weekday Blue Line trains continue northward to UTC, while the other half terminate at America Plaza, before returning south to San Ysidro. On weekends, all Blue Line trains continue northward to UTC except for certain late-night trains.^[12][13]