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[KevinKorell]

San Diego's MTS will start construction soon on its Mid-Coast Extension, in order to serve UCSD and University Town Center (UTC). This will essentially be an extension of the existing Blue Line beyond Old Town, resulting eventually in a very long route between UTC and San Ysidro at the Mexico border. The extension should be in service sometime in 2015.

At that time, the system will undergo another reconfiguration. As said above, the Mid-Coast extension becomes part of the Blue Line. The Green Line, whose current western terminus is Old Town, will be extended to interline with the Blue Line to the Santa Fe Depot (Amtrak, Coaster), and then it will continue over the Bayside Loop to terminate at 12th & Imperial. The Green Line will replace Orange Line service over the Bayside Loop, and the latter will terminate at the Santa Fe Depot. Thus the Orange Line will no longer "meet itself" at 12th & Imperial.

Current system map on Wikipedia
2015 proposed map on Wikipedia

Note that the "Special Events" service (red broken line on current map) for Petco Park & Qualcomm Stadium would become redundant with the extended 2015 Green Line, and thus would not be needed. The Mid-Coast Extension is shown in red on the future map, but it's expected it will become part of a longer Blue Line.

[KevinKorell]

The links to Wikipedia in the above post no longer work. While the reconfiguration in advance of the Mid Coast Extension happened in 2011 (extension of the Green Line downtown, cutback of the Blue Line downtown and the Orange Line on its eastern end), the dates have slipped significantly. Now 2015 is the year construction will begin, and the opening is pushed back to 2018.

[Sloan]

 

MTS/Residents grapple with University City makeover, $2.1B trolley construction

University City is growing at an astonishing rate — from the $2.1 billion Mid-Coast Trolley extension to massive expansions by UC San Diego and the Westfield UTC mall.

Many champion the burgeoning job and entertainment center, often dubbed the Golden Triangle, as a harbinger of San Diego’s evolving metropolitan feel.

http://www.sandiegou...1110-story.html

[KevinKorell]

KNSD-TV, NBC-7 in San Diego, CA, 5/20/18:

 

Trolley Construction Prompts Closures on I-5

 

 

A long-planned project to extend trolley service to University City will prompt closures of Interstate 5 near the I-805 merge, Metropolitan Transit Service officials said.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Construction Equipment Guide, 6/5/19:

 

  San Diego's $2.17B Trolley Hits Half-Way Mark 

 

 

Having passed the halfway point in construction, the Mid-Coast Trolley project continues making headlines as the largest transit project in the history of the San Diego region. The $2.17 billion undertaking is the result of extensive design work, environmental impact studies, environmental clearance, grant proposals and years of planning.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

NBC San Diego, 3/29/19  (old post):

 

  $2.17B Mid-Coast Trolley Project Reaches Milestone: It’s Halfway Finished 

 

 

A major San Diego public transit project reached a milestone Friday: construction of the Mid-Coast Trolley is now halfway finished.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

ENR California, 7/22/19:

 

  Key Light Rail Extension Connects San Diego Area 

 

 

Stretching over highways and busy intersections, squeezing into existing rights-of-way with active rail lines,  touching a major college campus and a veteran’s hospital, the $2.1-billion Mid-Coast Trolley extension is visible throughout San Diego. Not only will it play a key role in the mobility vision of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), it is influencing other development in the region as well.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Clairemont Times, 12/1/19:

 

 

  Universities Unfinished Roads and Missing Train Station 

 

 

In our area there are 3 unfinished roads. Which are represented in the graphic by the red and white dashed lines. City planning maps also showed a train station at the location of the red dot.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

NBC San Diego, 4/28/20:

 

   Mid-Coast Trolley Expansion Continues to Make Progress During Pandemic   

 

 

The Mid-Coast Trolley Expansion project is continuing to make good progress despite the pandemic's grip on other types of businesses.

 

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Cross posted between Rail Transit forum and Coronavirus forum as item is pertinent to both.

[KevinKorell]

NBC San Diego, 7/8/20:

 

    Mid-Coast Trolley Expansion Still on Track, Even During Pandemic  

 

 

 

One business that continues to thrive during these unprecedented times is construction, and the Mid-Coast Trolley Expansion project's good progress has actually been helped by the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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