Oceanside Transit Center

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Oceanside Transit Center
Amtrak, Metrolink, COASTER and SPRINTER station

Sprinter Light-Rail cars stop at Oceanside's Amtrak Station
Station statistics
Address 235 South Tremont Street
Oceanside, CA 92054
Coordinates 33°11′31″N 117°22′46″W / 33.19194°N 117.37944°W / 33.19194; -117.37944Coordinates: 33°11′31″N 117°22′46″W / 33.19194°N 117.37944°W / 33.19194; -117.37944
Line(s) Amtrak
  Pacific Surfliner
Metrolink
  Inland Empire–Orange County Line
  Orange County Line
North County Transit District
  COASTER
  SPRINTER
Platforms 2 side platforms (Amtrak/Metrolink/COASTER)
1 island platform (SPRINTER)
Tracks 2 (Amtrak/Metrolink/COASTER)
2 (SPRINTER)
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Opened 1984
Accessible
Station code OSD
Owned by North County Transit District
Fare zone 1 (COASTER)
Traffic
Passengers (2011)311,834[1] Increase 6.42% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Pacific Surfliner
Pacific Surfliner
(limited service)
(Weekend-Only Stop)
 Inland Empire–Orange County Line Terminus
(Weekend-Only Stop)
 Orange County Line
North County Transit District
Terminus COASTER
Carlsbad Village
toward San Diego
SPRINTER
    Former services    
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Las Flores
toward Los Angeles
 Surf Line
Carlsbad
toward San Diego
Terminus Oceanside – Fallbrook
Ysidora
toward Fallbrook
Oceanside – Escondido
Vista
toward Escondido
Location
Location of the Oceanside Amtrak Station.
Location within California

The Oceanside Transit Center, usually referred to as simply Oceanside, is a major railway interchange in Oceanside, California, serving both intercity and suburban/commuter services. The station is used by Amtrak on the route of its Pacific Surfliner service between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. It is also a stop for two different regional transit operators - Metrolink, the commuter rail operator for the Los Angeles area, has two of its services, the Metrolink Orange County Line and Inland Empire-Orange County Line, that terminate at Oceanside, while the North County Transit District, the operator for most of the public transport in North San Diego County, has its COASTER and SPRINTER services also terminating at Oceanside.[2] Oceanside Transit Center is also served by numerous BREEZE buses, and is also the terminal for RTA's Bus Route 202 to Temecula and Murrieta.

Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Oceanside was the fifteenth-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 800 passengers daily.[3]

Oceanside Transit Center was built in 1984, and serves as a replacement for a 1946-built Santa Fe Depot, which was torn down in 1988. The former station was itself a replacement for an 1886-built Santa Fe Depot.[4]

To enhance the regional transit service, this station will have major expansion including building a third track and platform in the middle of the existing tracks, extending all platforms and adding a passenger walkway. The construction will begin in 2014 and is expected to be completed in 2015.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2011, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-20. 
  2. ↑ "Train Web: Oceanside". 
  3. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
  4. ↑ Surviving Santa Fe Depots: Some Recent Losses
  5. ↑ "Oceanside Transit Center Platform Improvement Project". SANDAG. Retrieved 2013-08-20. 

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