La Mesa Boulevard station

La Mesa Boulevard station is a station on the Orange Line of the San Diego Trolley located near the intersection of La Mesa Boulevard and Spring Street in the San Diego suburb of La Mesa, California. It serves the dense nearby commercial area, as well as a variety of apartment buildings that surround the stop.

Location8248 La Mesa Boulevard
La Mesa, California
United States

Coordinates32°45′52″N 117°01′13″W

OwnerSan Diego Metropolitan Transit System

OperatorSan Diego Trolley

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La Mesa Boulevard
A view of La Mesa Boulevard station from Spring Street
General information
Location	8248 La Mesa Boulevard La Mesa, California United States
Coordinates	32°45′52″N 117°01′13″W
Owner	San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Operator	San Diego Trolley
Line	SD&AE La Mesa Branch[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MTS: 1, 852[2]
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Cycle facilities	8 rack spaces, 2 lockers[3]
Accessible
Other information
Station code	75034, 75035[4]
History
Opened	June 23, 1989 (1989-06-23)[5]
Rebuilt	2012[6]
Services
Preceding station San Diego Trolley Following station Spring Street toward Courthouse Orange Line Grossmont toward El Cajon
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Adjacent to the station is the historic La Mesa Depot Museum, owned by the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum. The museum is a restored station from 1894, and has original equipment from the era, including a steam locomotive and caboose.^[7] The station building was built in 1894, when the San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway was built, and it was moved across the tracks to its current site in 1915.^[8] Passenger service stopped in 1928, and did not restart until 1989 as part of the San Diego Trolley.