Santee station

Santee
Santee
	Trolley at Santee station
General information
Other names	Santee Town Center
Location	152 Civic Center Drive; El Cajon, California; United States
Coordinates	32°50′32″N 116°58′51″W / 32.84231°N 116.98073°W
Owned by	San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Operated by	San Diego Trolley
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	MTS: 832, 833, 834
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes, number of spaces varies
Bicycle facilities	8 rack spaces, 2 lockers
Accessible
Other information
Station code	75020
History
Opened	July 26, 1995
Rebuilt	2005
Services
Former services
Location
Location

Santee station (also known as Santee Town Center station^[a]) is a station on the Copper Line of the San Diego Trolley, in the San Diego suburb of Santee, California. The station currently serves as the Copper Line's northern terminus and serves as a major park and ride station. It is located inside a shopping center on the northeast corner of the intersection of Mission Gorge Road and Cuyamaca Street.

History

Santee station opened on August 26, 1995, as the new terminus of the East Line (renamed the Orange Line in 1997), marking the fourth segment to open on the line.^[5] In 2005, the Orange Line was truncated to Gillespie Field (and later El Cajon) and service to Santee was replaced by the Green Line.^[10] The truncation was originally due to the fact that the path between Gillespie Field and Santee Town Center is single tracked, and having two lines running on that route would cause operational issues.^[10]

Until September 2005, Santee city law prohibited rail service after 9:00 p.m., meaning that most evening service terminated at El Cajon. The law was lifted in September 2005, soon after the Green Line began operation to Santee.^{[citation needed]}

To further reduce operational issues on the single track between Gillespie Field and Santee, the Copper Line began service on September 29, 2024, and the Green Line was also truncated back to El Cajon.^[11]

References

^ The San Diego MTS's "Departures and Schedules" page lists "Santee Town Center" or "Santee Center" as a stop on the Green Line^[6] and bus routes 832,^[7] 833,^[8] and 834^[9]