America Plaza station is a stop on the Blue and Silver lines of the San Diego Trolley. Located in the downtown Core of San Diego, California, it is directly connected to One America Plaza, the city's tallest building. The station, along with its accompanying 34-story high-rise building, opened on November 14, 1991, replacing Columbia Street station, which was one block to the east. Since it opened along a line segment already in service, America Plaza station is the second infill station in the San Diego Trolley system, following E Street station.
History
A Blue Line train is stopped under the metal arches of America Plaza station (right) while a Rapid bus departs (left). The colorful tile-covered campanile of Santa Fe Depot station can be seen in the background.
America Plaza was originally the point where the Orange and Blue lines diverged. Prior to the system redesign on September 2, 2012, the Orange Line looped south and east towards Gaslamp Quarter station and then returned to 12th & Imperial Transit Center, while the Blue Line turned north towards Santa Fe Depot en route to Old Town Transit Center. The redesign shortened the Blue Line's northern terminus to America Plaza and rerouted the Orange Line to terminate at Santa Fe Depot, replacing the western portion of the downtown loop with Green Line service. However, with the completion of Mid-Coast Trolley extension on November 21, 2021, the Blue Line was extended northward through Santa Fe Depot and Old Town to serve new stations.
This station underwent renovation from October 21 until December 19, 2011, as part of the Trolley Renewal Project, during which a temporary stop was set up between Columbia and State streets to serve the area.
Additionally, Courthouse station opened on April 29, 2018 becoming the new terminus of the Orange Line.
^Since November 2021, half of the weekday Blue Line trains continue northward to UTC, while the other half terminate at America Plaza, before returning south to San Ysidro. On weekends, all Blue Line trains continue northward to UTC except for certain late-night trains.
^"November 2021 Service Changes | San Diego Metropolitan Transit System". www.sdmts.com. October 26, 2021. Service frequency north of America Plaza will be every 15 minutes, seven days/week, with a span of service similar to current. Frequency south of America Plaza will remain at every 7.5 minutes on weekdays.
^"Trolley"(PDF). www.sdmts.com. November 21, 2024. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
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Blue Line toward UTC (Santa Fe Depot)
Silver Line downtown loop (Civic Center) →
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