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New Trolley Stations
Grantville
The Grantville Station platforms are elevated 40 feet above a 248-space park-and-ride lot on Alvarado Canyon Road, just North of Interstate 8. High-capacity elevators and stairs provide access between the street
level and the Trolley platform. The design of the station includes a slightly curved platform, as well as slightly curved canopies above the platform that provide shelter. The shapes of the platform and canopy shelter line are inspired by boat and airplane architecture as a tribute to the aviation and nautical industries in San Diego and reference their historical significance. At night, various light sources wash the station in hues of red, white and blue light.
SDSU Transit Station
The underground Trolley station at San Diego State University (SDSU) is located between Campanile Drive and College Avenue in the Aztec Walk right-of-way on the campus. The main entrance to the station will be on the North side of Aztec Walk. The Aztec Green has been re-graded with terraces and a series of retaining walls to create a plaza area at the mezzanine level of the underground station. This concept allows natural light and ventilation through the North wall of the underground station. When future development takes place there will be a connection from the station's mezzanine level to buildings in SDSU's redevelopment project planned for the site immediately south of the station.
The mezzanine level is located 20 feet below the surface.The Trolley platforms are located another 25 feet below the mezzanine. Stairs and elevators move riders from level to level, and escalators are available between the platform and mezzanine levels. The underground station's aesthetic elements include hanging sculptures made of thin, stainless steel cable-wires resembling tree roots. They extend from the ceiling of the underground station as a metaphor for the university's "roots" in the San Diego community. The station platforms are paved with bricks laid in a pattern that suggests a stream flowing around irregularly shaped stone pavers, called "stepping stones."
The SDSU Transit Center includes the Trolley station and the new bus way at street level. Both provide easy access to the heart of the campus, including Cox Arena, Aztec Center and Open Air Theater and provide easy access for students, faculty, staff, campus visitors and College area communty to use the station and reach area merchants and restaurants, bypassing traffic and parking challenges.
The street level, new transit Bus Way is adjacent to Aztec Walk and is served by MTS Routes 11, 13, 81, 115, 936, and 955.
Alvarado Hospital Medical Center Station
The Alvarado Medical Center Station, is at ground level on Alvarado Road just south of I-8 and across the street from the Alvarado Hospital Medical Center. The station features a garden design, vines on trellises areplanted along the 360-foot freeway
retaining wall to provide a calming environment in consideration of patients and visitors to the hospital. Transparent canopies provide rain protection. The station design also features a 12-line riddle, provided as a fun activity for waiting riders. The riddle is printed rhythmically on three bands of concrete tiles along the upper part of the retaining wall, which has rustic stone appearance.
The station, just a few steps from Alvarado Hospital and the surrounding medical complex, gives patients and staff members a hassle-free transportation alternative to the area's top-notch quality health care. MTS Route 936 provides daily service to this station.
70th St. Station
The 70th Street Station is on the south side of I-8 and Alvarado Road, just east of 70th Street, with the platform on ground level and a 131-space parking lot located south of the platforms. The station's design and materials echo an environmental theme and
seek to make riders proud of their choice to ride the Trolley. Recycled plastic and cobbles from Alvarado Creek are used for benches, and platforms have been created with recycled glass aggregate. The station are also be adorned with drought-tolerant native plants and educational plaques to further the environmental theme.
The 70th Street Station, located close to the juncture of western La Mesa and eastern College area, is near some of the area's most popular restaurants. For nature and health enthusiasts, Lake Murray is a short jaunt up Lake Murray Boulevard.
Mid-Coast Corridor
Rideship Forecast (2015)
3 new stations