San Diego Trolley - Traversing the Beauty of the City

When you are new in a place, it is best to ridestarted being called the Orange Line in 1997 and
transportation that can bring you to differentcommenced servicing the areas in El Cajon,
locations without the worry of getting lost. In SanBayside, and Santee Town Center.
Diego, the trolley does just that. If you want to•The Green Line. This line just opened in 2005
travel most places in the city, you can ride theand is considered the newest line by far. It serves
San Diego trolley. It serves the various interestingthe areas from Old Town to Santee City. You
places of the city, which include Fashion Valley,need to ride the Green Line if you want to go to
Mission Valley, the Old Town, Qualcomm StadiumEast extension of the Mission Valley, the western
in Jack Murphy Field, and California Birthplace.part of the Mission, which was operated by Blue
The trolley is operated by the San Diego TrollyLine previously, and the eastern part of
Inc. or the SDTI, a Metropolitan Transit SystemGrossmont Transit Center. Likewise, a stop on
subsidiary.the State University is also in this line where you
The Trolley Lineswill pass through an underground station.
The San Diego trolley works around the threeThe Silver Line was planned to open some time in
major lines that are categorized as Blue- Orange-October of 2008. It will utilize refurbished trolleys
Green. Each line specifies the designation for theto be built by Vintage Trolley Inc. It will serve the
trolley. Below are the places designated by eachareas in San Diego downtown to Center City in a
line:clockwise loop. But this will only be operational
•The Blue Line. In the map of this trolley lightduring midday hours and weekends and not on
rail, you will see a blue line. This serves the areapeaks hours of weekdays since this run within the
of Old Town and San Ysidro, terminating in thetracks of the Orange and Blue Line services.
Old Town. This line has been on operation sinceOther Services
1981 and cost about 86 million dollars to build. TheAside from the services of Blue, Orange, and
blue line station at the southern end is not thatGreen lines of the trolley, there is a special event
well furnished compared to other trails as it doesoperation that serves the PETCO Park up to
not use concrete materials.Qualcomm Stadium. These services are open to
•The Orange Line. This line operates within theSan Diego special events such as sporting events,
area of Center City San Diego to El Cajon. Thisconferences, and other city-wide affairs. It serves
line started to operate in 1986 with the initial routethe areas between San Diego 12th and Imperial
in San Diego to Euclid Avenue and was initiallyTransit Center and the Qualcomm Stadium during
named East Line, indicative of the service itthese special occasions and only runs with the
provided on the eastern side of the State. Itapproval of SDTI.