Red and robust, written by Carolina Worrell, Managing Editor, RailwayAge, December 07, 2015
San Diego’s landmark light rail system, with its distinctive bright red LRVs, continues to expand in ridership and reach.
There are two things that make San Diego, Calif., among the most pleasant places to live in the U.S. One is the climate. The other is the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) light rail network, better known as the San Diego Trolley, considered the first of the modern LRTs in the U.S.
With a record ridership of almost 97 million trips in FY 2015—breaking the previous record set in FY 2014 by nearly 2 million—and a major expansion project under way, MTS is well on its way to surpassing 100 million passengers in FY 2016.
Construction on San Diego MTS’ $2 billion, 11-mile Mid-Coast Trolley project is expected to begin in 2016 and will extend LRT service north from Santa Fe Depot in Downtown San Diego to the University City community, serving major activity centers such as Old Town, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and Westfield UTC. Completion of the Mid-Coast Trolley is slated for 2021 or 2022.
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