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Oceanside Transit Center

Oceanside, CA
COASTER train at Oceanside Transit Center
General information
Other names	Oceanside Transit Center
Location	235 South Tremont Street Oceanside, California United States
Coordinates	33°11′31″N 117°22′46″W / 33.19194°N 117.37944°W / 33.19194; -117.37944
Owned by	North County Transit District
Line(s)	Surf Line Escondido Subdivision
Platforms	3side platforms (Surf Line) 1island platform (Escondido Subdivision)
Tracks	3 (Surf Line) 2 (Escondido Subdivision)
Connections	NCTD BREEZE: 101, 302, 303, 313, 318, FLEX 392, FLEX 395 Amtrak Thruway: 1[1] Greyhound Lines
Construction
Parking	1,261 spaces, 24 accessible spaces[2]
Bicycle facilities	16rack spaces, 4 lockers[3]
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed, station building with waiting room
Station code	Amtrak: OSD
Fare zone	1 (COASTER)
History
Opened	1886 (1886)
Rebuilt	1946 1984
Passengers
FY 2022	185,734[4] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station San Juan Capistrano toward San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner Solana Beach toward San Diego San Clemente Pier (limited service) toward San Luis Obispo Preceding station Metrolink Following station San Clemente toward San Bernardino–Downtown Inland Empire–Orange County Line Terminus San Clemente Pier (weekends) toward San Bernardino–Downtown San Clemente toward L.A. Union Station Orange County Line San Clemente Pier (weekends) toward L.A. Union Station Preceding station North County Transit District Following station Terminus COASTER Carlsbad Village towards San Diego SPRINTER Coast Highway towards Escondido
Former services Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station San Onofre toward Los Angeles Surf Line Encinitas toward San Diego Las Flores Bypassed pre-1948[5][6] toward Los Angeles Carlsbad 1887-1960[7] toward San Diego Terminus Oceanside–Fallbrook Ysidora toward Fallbrook Escondido Branch Vista toward Escondido
Location

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.^[8] Oceanside Transit Center is also served by Greyhound Lines and numerous NCTD BREEZE buses.

History[edit]

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^[9] 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.^[10]

Expansion[edit]

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,^[11] the third platform opened in May 2017,^[12][13] and Platform 1 reopened November 20.^[14]

References[edit]

^ Bradley, Jr., Tom (February 26, 1995). "High Hopes Ride Aboard Coaster". The North County Times. Oceanside, California. pp. B1, B8. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

External links[edit]

Media related to Oceanside Transit Center at Wikimedia Commons

• Oceanside, CA – Amtrak
• Oceanside, CA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Oceanside – Metrolink
• COASTER Stations
• SPRINTER Stations
• Oceanside station – USA RailGuide (TrainWeb)
• Oceanside station – Greyhound