Oceanside Transit Center 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 terminus for two different regional transit operators – Metrolink, the commuter rail operator for the Los Angeles area, has two of its services, the Orange County Line and Inland Empire–Orange County Line, that terminate at Oceanside (the only Metrolink station in San Diego County), while the North County Transit District, the operator for most of the public transport in the North County, has its COASTER and SPRINTER services also terminating at Oceanside.[5] Oceanside Transit Center is also served by Greyhound Lines, numerous BREEZE buses, and is also the terminal for Riverside Transit Agency's Bus Route 202 to Temecula and Murrieta (which has been suspended in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic). COASTER and Metrolink trains going out of service will head to Stuart Mesa but due to the small facility, some Metrolink sets will either be kept at the nearby Fallbrook Yard or stored on an empty track south of the station.
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 A COASTER train at Oceanside Transit Center, March 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 235 South Tremont Street Oceanside, California United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°11′31″N 117°22′46″W / 33.19194°N 117.37944°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | North County Transit District | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Surf Line Escondido Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 side platforms (Surf Line) 1 island platform (Escondido Subdivision) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (Surf Line) 2 (Escondido Subdivision) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed, station building with waiting room | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | Amtrak: OSD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 (COASTER) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1886 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt |
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| FY 2022 | 185,734[1] (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
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. This station became one of the original 9 stations on Metrolink's Orange County Line when that line opened on March 28, 1994, and North County Transit District's COASTER commuter rail began serving this station when the line opened on February 27, 1995[6] and Metrolink's Inland Empire–Orange County Line began serving this station regularly in the early 2000s after serving the station on a temporary basis from that line's opening on October 2, 1995, until the early 2000s and North County Transit District's SPRINTER hybrid rail service began serving this station when it opened on March 9, 2008.[7]
Expansion
To enhance the regional transit service, this station underwent a major expansion including building a third track and platform in the middle of the existing tracks, extending all platforms, and adding a passenger walkway. Construction on the project began in 2016,[8] the third platform opened in May 2017,[9][10] and Platform 1 reopened November 20.[11]
Platforms and tracks
| 1[12] | ■ Inland Empire–Orange County Line | Southbound arrivals only, no departures northbound |
| ■ Orange County Line | Southbound arrivals only, no departures northbound | |
| ■ Pacific Surfliner | toward San Luis Obispo (San Juan Capistrano or San Clemente Pier) | |
| ■ Pacific Surfliner | toward San Diego (Solana Beach) | |
| 2 | ■ Inland Empire–Orange County Line | toward San Bernardino–Downtown (San Clemente or San Clemente Pier) |
| ■ Orange County Line | toward L.A. Union Station (San Clemente or San Clemente Pier) | |
| ■ Pacific Surfliner | toward San Luis Obispo (San Juan Capistrano or San Clemente Pier) | |
| ■ Pacific Surfliner | toward San Diego (Solana Beach) | |
| 3 | ■ COASTER | toward Santa Fe Depot (San Diego) (Carlsbad Village) |
| Sprinter island platform | ■ SPRINTER | toward Escondido Transit Center (Coast Highway) |
| ■ SPRINTER | toward Escondido Transit Center (Coast Highway) |
References
External links
Media related to Oceanside Transit Center at Wikimedia Commons