Cal State San Marcos station
Cal State San Marcos is an elevated railway station in San Marcos, California which opened in 2008. It is the only elevated station along the North County Transit District's SPRINTER light rail line.[2] The station serves the California State University, San Marcos campus, which is located southwest of the station. It is situated on an entirely new alignment of the San Diego Northern Railway's Escondido Branch that crosses over State Route 78 to serve the campus.[3] On campus days, shuttle services are available to ferry students from the train station to the heart of the CSUSM campus and back.
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| Location | 410 La Moree Road San Marcos, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33.1348°N 117.1536°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | North County Transit District | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Escondido Subdivision[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Connections |  NCTD: 347 | ||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2008 | ||||||||||
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Platforms and tracks
| Westbound | ■ Sprinter | toward Oceanside Transit Center (San Marcos Civic Center) |
| Eastbound | ■ Sprinter | toward Escondido Transit Center (Nordahl Road) |
References
- SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation.
- https://subwaynut.com/california/sprinter/cal_state_san_marcos/index.php
- Burge, Michael (March 10, 2008). "Passenger train sprints into service". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on April 22, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
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