Oceanside Transit Center

PlatformsTracksConnectionsConstructionParking1,261 spaces, 24 accessible spaces^[3]Bicycle facilities16 rack spaces, 4 lockers^[4]AccessibleYesOther informationStatusStaffed, station building with waiting roomStation codeAmtrak: OSDFare zone1 (COASTER)HistoryOpened1886 (1886)Rebuilt1946, 1984PassengersFY 2023185,734^[5] (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[6][7] toward Los Angeles Carlsbad 1887-1960[8] 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.^[9] Oceanside Transit Center is also served by Greyhound Lines and numerous NCTD BREEZE buses.

History

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]

Expansion

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]

References

External links

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