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Transit center in Oceanside, California, US

Oceanside Transit Center
COASTER train at Oceanside Transit Center
General information
Other names Oceanside Transit Center
Location 235 South Tremont StreetOceanside, CaliforniaUnited 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
Lines NCTD San Diego Subdivision[1]NCTD Escondido Subdivision
Platforms 3 side platforms (San Diego Subdivision)1 island platform (Escondido Subdivision)
Tracks 3 (San Diego Subdivision)2 (Escondido Subdivision)
Connections Bus transport NCTD BREEZE: 101, 302, 303, 313, 318, FLEX 392, FLEX 395Bus interchange Amtrak Thruway: 1[2]Bus interchange Greyhound Lines
Construction
Parking 1,261 spaces, 24 accessible spaces[3]
Bicycle facilities 16 rack spaces, 4 lockers[4]
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 2024 205,412[5] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station San Juan Capistranotoward San Luis Obispo Pacific Surfliner Solana Beachtoward San Diego San Clemente Pier(limited service)toward San Luis Obispo Preceding station Metrolink Following station San Clementetoward San Bernardino–Downtown Inland Empire–Orange County Line Terminus San Clemente Pier(weekends)toward San Bernardino–Downtown San Clementetoward L.A. Union Station Orange County Line San Clemente Pier(weekends)toward L.A. Union Station Preceding station Logo for North County Transit District. North County Transit District Following station Terminus COASTER Carlsbad Villagetoward Santa Fe Depot SPRINTER Coast Highwaytoward Escondido
Former services Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station San Onofretoward Los Angeles Surf Line Encinitastoward San Diego Las FloresBypassed pre-1948[6][7]toward Los Angeles Carlsbad1887-1960[8]toward San Diego Terminus Oceanside – Fallbrook Ysidoratoward Fallbrook Escondido Branch Faldatoward Escondido
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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 (NCTD), the operator for most of the public transport in the North County, has its COASTER and SPRINTER services also terminating at Oceanside.[9] Oceanside Transit Center is also served by Greyhound Lines and numerous NCTD BREEZE buses.

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[10] 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.[11]

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,[12] the third platform opened in May 2017,[13][14] and Platform 1 reopened November 20.[15]

  1. ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 26.
  2. ^ "Thruway Bus Routes". San Joaquins. San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority. May 15, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  3. ^ "Oceanside Train Station". Metrolink. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  4. ^ "Interactive San Diego Regional Bike Map". San Diego Association of Governments. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  5. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal year 2024: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2025. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
  6. ^ Santa Fe Railway (1939). "The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System Time Tables" (PDF). Streamliner Memories. p. 42. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  7. ^ Santa Fe Railway (1948). "Time Tables - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System" (PDF). p. 24. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  8. ^ National Park Service (NPS) Digital Asset Management System. "Carlsbad Santa Fe Depot".
  9. ^ "Train Web: Oceanside".
  10. ^ 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. Open access icon
  11. ^ Surviving Santa Fe Depots: Some Recent Losses
  12. ^ "Oceanside Transit Center Platform Improvement Project". SANDAG. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  13. ^ "New Platform to Open and Station Construction Begins Tuesday, May 30 at Oceanside Transit Center". SANDAG. May 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  14. ^ "Third railroad track completed in Oceanside". The San Diego Union-Tribune. June 9, 2017. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  15. ^ "Platform 1 to Reopen Monday, November 20 as Station Construction Wraps Up". SANDAG. November 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017.

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