Middletown | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | 1396 Palm Street San Diego, California | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°43′59″N 117°10′28″W / 32.733125°N 117.174438°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | San Diego Metropolitan Transit System | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | San Diego Trolley | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Surf Line | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Connections | San Diego International Airport (via TROLLEY → TERMINAL shuttle) | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | ||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | June 16, 1996 | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | August 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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Middletown station is an at-grade station on the Blue Line and Green Line of the San Diego Trolley system. It is located along the Surf Line right of way at West Palm Street, in the Middletown neighborhood of San Diego, which includes a variety of medium-density housing within blocks of the station. The station offers a connection to the San Diego International Airport via a shuttle stop one block away from this station.
This station opened on June 16, 1996 as part of the North/South Line (later renamed the Blue Line) extension to the Old Town Transit Center.[1] The station was closed from May 21[2] through August 2012[3] for renovations as part of the Trolley Renewal Project.[4]
There are four tracks, two for the trolley station and two passing tracks for commuter, intercity, and BNSF freight service.
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Northbound | ← Blue Line toward UTC (Washington Street) ← Green Line toward Santee Town Center (Washington Street) |
Southbound | Blue Line toward San Ysidro (County Center/Little Italy) → Green Line toward 12th & Imperial (County Center/Little Italy) → |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Northbound | ← Coaster does not stop here ← Pacific Surfliner does not stop here |
Southbound | Coaster does not stop here → Pacific Surfliner does not stop here → |
San Diego International Airport is accessible from this station. In July 2015, the airport added its "TROLLEY → TERMINAL" shuttle service that adds a stop near this station to buses that operate the terminals and the airport's consolidated rental car center, which opened January 20, 2016.[5] Passengers board the shuttle at the corner of Admiral Boland Way and West Palm Street, which is about 900 feet (270 m) southwest of the station along West Palm Street.[6]