70th Street | |||||||||||
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| San Diego Trolley station | |||||||||||
 70th Street Station, 2010 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 7255 Alvarado Road La Mesa, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°46′19″N 117°02′31″W / 32.772°N 117.042°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | Two | ||||||||||
| Connections |  MTS: 14 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | 118 spaces | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 10, 2005 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Overhead Wires | ||||||||||
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70th Street station is a San Diego Trolley station served by the Green Line in La Mesa, California, in the United States. The next station west is UC San Diego Health East, and the next station east is Grossmont Transit Center.
One of the newer stations in the San Diego Trolley network having opened in 2005,[1] the facility is locally noted for its artwork using California native plants and recycled materials.[2] Parts of the platform are paved with chips of colored used glass, the benches are made of cobblestones excavated from the site during the station's construction, and bench seats are made of recycled plastics.[2] Landscaping includes edible wild strawberries, lemonade berry bushes, and native California wild roses.[2]
The station provided direct service to Qualcomm Stadium during Chargers home games.[3][4]
- ^ "MTS Historical Timeline". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
- ^ a b c Karavasiles, N. (2007). The Green Line. Fremontia 35:2.
- ^ "MTS urges Chargers fans to take buses, trolleys". La Jolla Light. January 12, 2010. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
- ^ "Trolley Service to Qualcomm Stadium". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved 2014-12-27.