Courthouse station (San Diego Trolley)

Courthouse
Courthouse station, 2024
General information
Location	330 West C Street San Diego,California United States
Coordinates	32°43′00″N117°09′58″W
Owned by	San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Operated by	San Diego Trolley
Platforms	1side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible
Other information
Station code	75019
History
Opened	April 29, 2018(2018-04-29)
Services
Preceding station San Diego Trolley Following station Terminus Orange Line Civic Center towardsEl Cajon Blue Linedoes not stop here Silver Linedoes not stop here
Location

Courthouse stationis alight railstation inSan Diego, California.It is the western terminus of theSan Diego Trolley'sOrange Lineand is located between the Hall of Justice and San Diego Central Courthouse indowntown San Diego,on C Street between State and Union streets. The station opened on April 29, 2018, after nearly a year of construction.

History

As theSan Diego Metropolitan Transit System(MTS) wrapped up itsTrolley Renewal Project,the transit agency embarked on a realignment of the trolley lines in downtown San Diego. With three trolley lines now sharing the tracks in the area, problems quickly popped up. At the beginning of the realignment in September 2012, Orange Line trains terminated atSanta Fe Depot,sharing the same track as the southbound Green Line.In June 2017, the Orange Line terminus was moved to America Plaza, the northern terminus of the Blue Line, forcing complicated switching procedures that often delayed trains on both lines as they entered or exited the station.MTS feared that theextension of the Blue Lineto UCSD would only compound issues in the area.

The solution proposed by the MTS was a dedicated western terminus for the Orange Line to serve as a convenient layover for Orange Line trains. The transit agency chose to build the station three blocks east of America Plaza, between the Hall of Justice and San Diego Central Courthouse, which at the time was about to begin construction. Top court officials andSan Diego County SheriffBill Gore opposed the station, saying that it would jeopardize the safety and security of the courthouse.In response, MTS did make some changes to the station design, including adding a fence to separate the station from a court parking lot and feeding the station's security cameras into the courthouse security system.

MTS received a $31.9 million grant from the state government'scap and tradeprogram in 2015 to fund the Courthouse station project and a vehicle replacement program.Construction on the station began in August 2017, requiring multiple weekend shutdowns of the Orange Line.After nearly a year of construction, Courthouse station was dedicated by local officials on April 27, 2018, and opened to passengers on April 29.

Station layout

Orange Line trains reach Courthouse station using a singlesiding trackand passengers board and alight using a singleside platform,whileBlueandSilverline trains bypass the station on the two main tracks.

Westbound main track	←Blue Linedoes not stop here
Eastbound main track	→Blue Linedoes not stop here → →Silver Linedoes not stop here →
Eastbound station track	→Orange LinetowardEl Cajon(Civic Center)→
Side platform