The
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) is the
public transit service provider for Central, South, Northeast and
Southeast San Diego County
, in the United States
. MTS operating subsidiaries include the
San Diego Trolley, Incorporated ,
and
San Diego Transit Corporation
. Average daily ridership among all public transit services
provided is 280,100.
MTS owns the
San
Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway (SD&AE); and the San
Diego Vintage Trolley, Incorporated.
MTS also
licenses and regulates taxicabs, jitneys, and other private for-hire passenger
transportation services provided contract for the cities of
San
Diego
, El Cajon
, Imperial Beach
, La Mesa
, Lemon Grove
, Poway
and Santee
.
Governance
MTS is a joint powers authority agency, or JPA.
Member cities include
San
Diego
, Chula Vista
, Coronado
, El Cajon
, Imperial Beach
, La Mesa
, Lemon Grove
, National City
, Poway
, Santee
, and the county of San Diego. Elected officials from
each jurisdiction, including San Diego
County
, serve as the Board of Director’s.
The city
of San
Diego
has the most representation with four
members. A county resident is elected by the Board of
Director’s to serve as the Chairman.
Historical Timeline
1880's
1886
July 3 -- San Diego Street Car Company, founded by
(Hamilton Story and Elisa Babcock) begins service. An open air
street car, drawn by two mules or horses, makes its way up Fifth
Avenue at D Street (now Broadway) with a top speed of 5 miles per
hour. The San Diego Street Car Company eventually has five lines in
downtown running between H Street (now Market), F Street, D Street
(now Broadway), First and Fifth Streets. The "system" is composed
of six cars, 20 horses and costs five cents to ride.
San Diego & Old Town Street Railway Company and Electric Rapid
Transit Company plan overhead wires to power new line.
San Diego experiences terrific growth in the mid to late 1880's. In
1880 the county's population is 8,600. By 1887 it has grown to over
40,000 creating a demand for public transportation.
1887
June 14 -- San Diego Land and Town Company begins
suburban steam line, the National City and Otay Railway (NC&O)
to shuttle buyers to new housing subdivisions. 550 passengers ride
on the first day.
National City: Building a Community and
Preserving Its Transit Heritage ( 1, 2) provides a brief history of this city's
public transit heritage.
November 9 -- The first electric motor makes test
run on new tracks up Broadway to Kettner and on to Old Town
November 19 -- Electric street car service
inaugurated in San Diego; next day San Diego Union newspaper
reports:
Two days later, another news story said,
December 1 -- City told that the "Old Town Line is
being dismantled and moved" but a new electric street car line will
be built to serve the new University Heights neighborhood (now
Normal Street) and that the lines on Fourth and Fifth Streets in
downtown San Diego will be electrified.
1888
The Electric Rapid Transit Company puts an electric street car into
regular operation in San Diego
1889
The Electric Rapid Transit Company collapses; steam and horse
powered lines take over.
1890's
1890
June -- San Diego Cable Car Company starts
operation. These "Palaces on Wheels" are trimmed with rare woods
and stained-glass windows. The metalwork was plated with nickel.
The cars travel at eight to ten miles per hour.The population
decreases to 16,000, causing some of the transportation companies
to fail.
1891
November --John D. Spreckels incorporates the San
Diego Electric Railway Company.
1892
January -- J. D. Spreckels purchases the San Diego
Street Car Company for $115,000. Over the next few years, he also
purchases the Park Belt Line, the San Diego Cable Company, Citizens
Traction Company and the O.B. RailroadSpreckels decides to make a
complete conversion to electrically powered vehicles. This involves
retrackng, double-tracking, installing overhead wiring, building a
power plant, purchasing new cars, and rehabilitating old cars. He
is quoted as saying, "I made those larger investments to protect
the investments I had already made. It was just plain business
sense. The city would not grow without an adequate street car
facility. If San Diego did not grow, then my big investments would
not pay."The name and the system is changed to San Diego Electric
Railway Company (SDER).
September -- There were 12 miles of electric
railway open with two double decker and six single decker
vehicles.
1900's
1900
In the first part of the new century there is impressive growth in
the streetcar system. Two new operating divisions on Imperial
Avenue in Downtown (1911) and Adams Avenue in Normal Heights (1915)
open to accommodate this growth.
1905
Spreckels builds a new power generating plant to operating the
expanding streetcar network.
1906
Third Avenue Streetcar Line begins operation from Market Street up
Third to Fir Street to the luxurious Hotel Florence.SDER operates
798,152 car miles in this year.
1907
Third Avenue Streetcar Line extended to Washington Street and
future Mission Hills community, and is briefly renamed Mission
Hills Line. The streetcar line was the genesis of the new Mission
Hills suburb.
Mission Hills Route 3: Building a Community
Around a Street Car Line (page 1, 2) provides a brief history of how transit
contributed to one of San Diego's most vital neighborhoods.One-way
fare between San Diego and National City is $0.10 on the National
City and Otay Railway (NC&O) Route.
1910
Spreckels forces a ballot initiative to amend his charter with the
City of San Diego to give him more than 25 years on his leases to
operate streetcar service. With this greater security he is able to
acquire major loans for service expansion and infrastructure.
1911
Spreckels builds second power generating plant at Kettner and E
Street when the plant built in 1905 no longer can handle the
capacity.
1915
Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park spurs next phase of
transportation growth. A new electric car service is constructed up
12th Street to the Park's entrance with 101 new cars from St. Louis
Car Company.SDER operates 3,521,571 car miles in this year.San
Diego's original Victorian style train depot is demolished and
relpaced with a new Mission Style Santa Fe Depot building. It
operates through the 20th Century into the 21st Century, serving as
a station for Amtrak, Coaster and San Diego Trolley trains.
1916-1918
The "Great Flood" of 1916 washes out several rail lines.Despite the
rapid growth of the rail system it faces many challenges. Private
auto ownership starts to increase and with it, auto drivers become
jitney drivers, cruising streetcar lines for passengers.WWI
increases the cost of railway construction materials by 50 to 150
percent.
1920's
1920
Spreckels announces plans to discontinue service on several rail
lines to offset expenses, leading to approval of "zone
fares".Nickel Zone fares introduced. There are two zones,"inner"
and "outer."Spreckels purchases new streetcars that requires only
one driver/conductor instead of two. Older cars were retrofitted to
reduce labor costs.Spreckels sells his power generating plants to
Consolidated Gas and Electric Company. From this point, power for
streetcars will be purchased from the utility company.
1922
The first motor bus goes into service operating between National
City and Chula Vista. "Number One" has hard rubber tires, two-wheel
mechanical brakes, a four-cylinder engine and a plywood body. There
are three buses, one manufactured by Flagel and two by the Reo
company.
1923
Bus Drivers make between $0.27 AND $0.33 per hour.Spreckels begins
the last major rail line expansion to Mission Beach (Belmont Park),
Pacific Beach, and La Jolla. $2,500,000 is spent on rails, Spanish
Mission terminals and substations, and Egyptian Revival stations.
$800,000 is spent to purchase 50 new cars. Construction is
completed in 1925.
1930's
1930
Buses begin to replace street cars from Ocean Beach to La Jolla.222
new buses are added to the fleet.Bus drivers make approximately
$4.83 a day.The Great Depression of the 1930's affects ridership,
just as it does the economy. Ridership and revenue goes down but
the SDER is able to weather the economic downturn.
1935
California Pacific International Exposition opens in Balboa Park
without the need for expanded transit service, as had been
necessary with the Panama Pacific Exposition two decades earlier.
1940's
1940
WWII turns San Diego into a "boom town" again. Defense related
industries revitalize the city, as do an influx of military
personnel.Ridership on public transit increases 600 percent during
the war years. Any piece of equipment that rolls on rails or runs
on tires is pressed into service to handle the enormous demand.Used
transit vehicles are purchased from around the nation. More
electrical power is needed and substations are built, one in the
basement of the Spreckels Theater Building on Broadway.Some bus
routes are operated haphazardly, frequently with no set schedule -
just run as fast and as frequently as they can.For the first time,
women are hired to drive transit vehicles. This practice is
discontinued when the war ends.The 2.5 million dollar rail line
built in the 1920's to the beaches is ripped out along with the
elaborate stations and terminals and replaced with a bus line.
1942
Street Car and Bus Lines carry 94 million people, ridership
increases lead to more than 146 million trips in 1944.
1946
San Diego and Electric Railway begins to phase out street car lines
and replace them with bus routes.
1947
Only three street car lines remain in operation.
1948
Jesse L. Haugh purchases the San Diego Electric Railway Company
from the Spreckels interests. San Diego Electric Railway Company's
name is changed to San Diego Transit System. A new emblem and
motto, "Safety, Courtesy, Service" are introduced by the San Diego
Transit System.
1949
April 23: New General Motors buses parade down
Broadway to mark the retirement of street cars, making San Diego
the first major California city to convert to an all bus transit
system.
April 24: At 5:35 a.m. the most senior operator at
San Diego Transit, N.A. Holmquist, drives car # 446 into the Adams
Avenue car barn, ending rail transit in San Diego. Operator
Holmquist and car 446 retire at the same time. It will be just over
three decades, until July 1981, before rail transit will roll
through San Diego again.
1950's
1950
During the 1950's Jesse Haugh makes a concerted effort to update
the transit system and improve service.
April --
Haugh replaced 58 percent of the bus fleet with the most modern
motor coaches available at the time. Accidents are reduced by 33
percent.
1953
Haugh invests $1.5 million to improve the San Diego-Coronado Ferry
and bus service.
1955
Ridership is the same as it was in 1940's (before the boom of WWII)
even though the population has doubled.Nationwide, transit has lost
an average of 47 percent of its ridership.Drivers make $2.10 an
hour.Haugh establishes a charter department to increase revenues
and purchases over-the-road charter coaches with washrooms, tables
and refreshment centers.
1957
In a joint transit/business partnership, Haugh begins the Marston
Fashion Bus. Marston's is the city's premier department store from
the late 1800's through the 1960's. The Fashion Bus has dressing
rooms, and its own foldout runway ramp.Haugh is named president of
the American Transit Association.
1959
San Diego Transit celebrates it's ten year anniversary under the
Haugh ownership. During the past ten years it has operated
107,504,296 revenue miles, carried 155,100,249 passengers, consumed
8,271,943 gallons of diesel fuel and had won six national safety
awards.
1960's
1966
A specially formed Transit Task Force recommend that the City of
San Diego acquire the transit system.
June--voters approve the City's purchase of San
Diego Transit System along with a property tax assessment of $0.10
per $100 assessed evaluation to fund its future operations.
1967
San Diego Transit becomes a non-profit corporation with the City of
San Diego. Under the City it carries 18.4 million passengers on 23
routes with 150 buses. The base fare is $0.30 plus $0.10 per zone.
1969
Ridership dips to 18.9 million from 21.5 million in 1968.
1970's
1970
At the start of this decade new, Federal subsidies allow San Diego
Transit to reduce the $0.35 base fare (plus an additional $0.10 per
zone up to 8 zones) to a flat $0.25 fare.
1976
SB 101 becomes law, MTDB Formed.
1977
San Diego Transit carries over 30 million passengers on 44 routes
with a fleet of 350 buses and a flat-rate fare of $0.35.
1979
MTDB's Board Member Maureen O'Connor negotiates purchase of
SD&AE Railway For $18.1 million.Annual ridership in this decade
improves from 18 million to 35 million.
1980's
1980
San Diego Trolley, Inc. (SDTI) formed.
1981
July 19 -- San Diego Trolley inaugural run takes
place on 15.9 "South Line" between U.S. International Border and
Downtown San Diego.
July 26 -- San Diego Trolley begins revenue
service; operating day begins at 5:02 a.m. and ends at 9:01 p.m.;
14 light rail vehicles (LRV's) in fleet operate twenty-minute
service on a primarily single track system on a 15.9 mile "South
Line" with four passing tracks and carry approximately 10,000
passengers a day.Regional Monthly Ready Pass introduced.MTDB
negotiates first Sale/Leaseback transaction netting $1.7
million.
1982
Ten light rail vehicles added to fleet.
1983
Trolley begins 15 minute service on "South Line"; average daily
ridership is over 14,000.
1984
June 1 -- MTDB breaks ground on 4 mile Trolley
extension east from 12th & Imperial station to Euclid Avenue
which is to become first leg of future East Line later renamed
Orange Line.
July -- San Diego Trolley begins new
Distance-Based Zone Fare Structure with fares ranging from .50 to
$1.00.
RailTex named operator of San Diego & Imperial Valley freight
railroad service.
1985
The City of San Diego transfers its ownership of San Diego Transit
Corporation to MTDB.MTDB Board membership expands from seven to 15
members.MTDB negotiates a $1.3 million Sale/Leasbeack
transaction.
1986
Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) logo adopted.Introduction of the
One, Two and Three-Day Passes.Trolley takes delivery of five new
LRVs
March 23 -- San Diego Trolley begins 30 minute
service on the 4.5 mile segment of the new East Line (later renamed
Orange Line) to Euclid Avenue.San Diego Trolley Line begins service
to new Bayfront/E Street Station in Chula Vista.
May -- The Transit Store opens at 5th &
Broadway in Downtown San Diego. The new sales and customer service
facility is a joint operation of San Diego Transit and the
MTDB.
July -- 5,000+ San Diegans attend the "Century of
Service" Pops concert in the Gaslamp Quarter celebrating San Diego
Transit's 100 years of public transit service.
October -- New Bayfront/E Street Station opens on
San Diego Trolley's South Line. San Diego State University (SDSU)
Transit Center opens
November 17 -- MTDB holds groundbreaking for next
11.7 mile East (Orange) Line segment.
1987
November -- San Diego Voters approve a 20 year
local sales tax increase called TransNet. The bill authorized a 1/2
cent addition to the local sales tax that would be split as
follows: 1/3 for highways, 1/3 for local roads, and 1/3 for public
transit projects.
Construction begins on James R. Mills Building at 12th &
Imperial Transit Center.
1988
New LRVs: Trolley begins taking delivery of 20 new generation
vehicles.
National City 8th Street station parking lot expanded.
Express bus service begins operating on the new Interstate
High-Occupancy-Vehicle (HOV) lanes.
1989
January --MTDB, San Diego Trolley, and several
County of San Diego departments move to new 10 story office tower
constructed over 12th & Imperial Transit Center
MTDB assumes Taxi regulatory responsibility for City of San
Diego.
SDTC Kearny Mesa Division (KMD) bus division opens.
May
12 -- Second East (Orange) Line segment to Spring Street
in City of La Mesa opens.
June 23 -- Third East (Orange) Line segment opens
between Spring Street and El Cajon. Average daily Trolley ridership
ranges to more than 48,000.
Bus and Trolley ridership in this decade grow from 35 million in
1980 to 54 million in 1989.
1990's
1990
San Diego Trolley begins service on new East Line (later named
Orange Line) extension to Bayside Corridor serving new Convention
Center and hotels.
MTDB negotiates 1.6 million offshore Sale/Leaseback
transaction.
Classroom Day Tripper Program offering deep discounts for youth and
school group field trips begins.
San Diego Trolley sets new, single day ridership record of
71,790.
1991
Governor Pete Wilson inaugurates start of San Diego Trolley's
7.5-minute peak hour service on South Line.
America Plaza Transfer Station and 32 story high rise open at
Broadway and Kettner.
APTA announces San Diego Trolley will receive the 1991 Public
Transportation System Outstanding Achievement Award for Systems
Utilizing 50 Peak Hour Vehicles of Less.
San Diego Trolley carries its "90 Millionth Rider".
1992
Adopt-A-Bus Stop Program begins.
MTDB and NCTD jointly purchase Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
(AT&SF) Railway right-of-way in SD County.
South (Blue) Line extension to County Center/Little Italy Station
opens.
1993
South Bay Bus Maintenance Facility acquired.
1995
Coast Express Rail Service (Coaster), Commuter Rail Line Operated
by North San Diego Transit Development Board (NCTD) begins service
between Oceanside and Santa Fe Depot.
San Diego Transit compressed natural gas (CNG) buses are placed
into service.
The Transit Store relocated to 102 Broadway at First Avenue.
97 new CNG buses added to fleet.
Bus Sale/Leaseback transaction for $540,000 completed.
52 new, higher performing light rail vehicles added to San Diego
Trolley's fleet.
MTDB completes LRV Sale/Leaseback transaction for $10.7
million.
August 26 -- Fourth East (Orange) Line segment
opens between El Cajon Transit Center and Santee Town Center.
1996
110th Anniversary of SDTC and 15th Anniversary of SDTI.
Trolley begins service on extension from County Center/Little Italy
Station to Old Town Transit Center.
National City 24th Street Trolley station groundbreaking for Adult
Education joint development project.
1997
Full MTS Access (ADA) Service implemented.
MTDB renames South Line to Blue Line and East Line to Orange Line
along with adding identification numbers for each Trolley
Station.
Inland Breeze bus service funded through FasTrak begins on I-15 HOV
lanes.
Blue Line extension from Old Town to Mission San Diego Station
opens.
1998
San Diego Trolley has record ridership of 219,000 to National
Football League's Super Bowl XXXII and 140,000 and Major League
Baseball's World Series.
1999
Ground Breaking of Mission Valley East Light Rail Transit
Project.
Congress authorizes $325 million for MVE and Mid-Coast LRT
extensions.
Coronado/San Diego Bay Ferry Commuter service begins.
MTS bus and trolley annual ridership grows from 60 million in 1990
to 84 million in 1999.
2000's
2000
70 new 40' low-floor CNG buses added to fleet.
SDTI Rail Yard Expansion Project completed.
Groundbreaking and construction begin on 5.6 mile Mission Valley
East (MVE) Trolley Extension to SDSU and Grossmont.
2001
Trolley Celebrates 20th Anniversary.
MTDB Celebrates 25th Anniversary.
San Diego Transit Celebrates 115th Anniversary.
117 new 40' low-floor CNG buses added to fleet.
Construction begins on San Ysidro Intermodal Transportation
Center.
2002
County Transit System moves to MTDB.
2003
Super Bowl XXXVII generates more than 400,000 riders for San Diego
Trolley.
MTDB opens park-and-ride lot for 120 vehicles at the Sorrento
Valley Coaster Station.
Consolidation begins as MTDB and NCTD assumed by SANDAG .
October -- MTDB becomes MTS.
2004
Expanded San Ysidro Intermodal Transportation Center construction
completed and station re-opens.
Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) and Smart Card accepting fareboxes
are installed on NCTD Breeze and San Diego Transit buses.
2005
Green Line 5.6 mile extension opens closing the gap in Mission
Valley and creating one line connecting Old Town Transit Center and
Santee Town Center with the new showcase underground SDSU Station
as well three other new stations at Grantville, Alvarado Hospital
and 70th Street. This Line closes the gap between the Orange and
Blue Line.
2006
MTS Comprehensive Operational Analysis (COA) redesigns bus network
for the first time in 23 years.
Public transportation
Main Article: List
of Bus Routes in San Diego
MTS administers several public transportation services, including
the San Diego Trolley and three
light
rail lines, 95 fixed-route bus services, and
paratransit service. About half of its
fixed-route bus services are contracted out to
Veolia Transportation,
First Transit, Inc., or
Southland Transportation
Services, with
First Transit
providing paratransit services.
MTS has begun providing their route schedules to Google and this
has spawned a new generation of trip planners such as
TransitTrips.
Light rail service

San Diego Trolley Model SD100s in
Downtown San Diego.
Light rail service is operated by the
San Diego Trolley, Incorporated .
It is commonly referred to as
The Trolley. Three
lines are operated and are designated by the colors
Blue,
Orange and
Green.
Special Event service is also operated for
large events occurring at Qualcomm Stadium
, Petco
Park
and the San Diego Convention Center
via a special event Red Line.
Light rail
service provided by MTS is among the most utilized systems in terms
of patronage in the United States
. Over 100,000 typically ride the Trolley
each weekday.
The
Blue Line was the initial line to
enter into service, operating between San
Ysidro
and Downtown San
Diego. The
Orange Line
began service in March 1986 linking eastern suburban areas also to
Downtown San
Diego.
The Green
Line began service in July 2005 and included the system's first
underground station located at San Diego
State University
. It operates predominantly in Mission Valley,
linking Santee
and Old Town
.
Commuter and express bus service
Five commuter express fixed-route bus routes (Routes 810, 820, 850,
860, and 870) are operated Monday through Friday linking suburban
areas to the north and east with downtown San Diego and Kearny
Mesa. Each route runs inbound to downtown San Diego or Kearny Mesa
during the morning commute period and outbound in the afternoon
commute period. Over-the-road
Greyhound style vehicles are used for these
Commuter Express Services.
Six express fixed-route bus routes (Routes 20, 30, 50, 150, 210,
and 960) are operated along major roadways and highways and link
intermediate distant suburban areas to the San Diego urban area.
Two of the six routes only operate during the morning and evening
commute periods. Vehicles used for service are typically standard
40-foot buses or 60-foot articulated buses.
Urban and local bus service
Urban bus routes link the densely populated neighborhoods and
adjacent cities together with direct and frequent bus service.
These services constitute the bulk of fixed-route bus services
operated in terms of vehicle requirements and patronage. Typically,
headways are 12–15 minutes between scheduled bus arrival/departure
times during commute periods and during midday times. Generally, no
worse than 30-minute headways occur during non-commute periods and
weekends.
Local routes and Shuttle services are also operated by MTS. These
typically operate less frequently or have a shorter range.
Rural bus service
Rural transit services link the sparsely populated central and
eastern portions of San Diego County to the San Diego urban core.
Each rural service is linked to the San Diego Trolley and other
fixed-route transit services at the
El Cajon Transit Center. Routes 888,
891/892 and 894 constitute the rural services.
Paratransit service
Paratransit services, operated under the name "MTS Access" provide
point-to-point service upon request to passengers registered with
MTS as being qualified for assistance under the
Americans with Disabilities
Act. Service is available throughout the MTS service area, and
connections to a similar NCTD service are also available.
Vehicles are 16-passenger van conversions equipped with wheelchair
lifts and tiedowns. 12 of the 16 seats are collapsible, allowing
space for up to 4 wheelchairs. Fares are $4.50 each way, though
passengers are allowed to bring one companion (as a PCA, or
Personal Care Assistant) free of charge. Additional fare-paying
companions are also permitted.
Connecting transit services
Connecting public transit services include the BREEZE bus, SPRINTER
light rail, and COASTER commuter rail services operated by the
North County Transit
District .
Amtrak operates
several weekday and weekend train services (Pacific Surfliner) out
of the downtown San Diego Santa Fe Depot
. Some bus services enter the United
States
from Tijuana
, Mexico
.
Fares
Effective January 1, 2008, MTS raised fares and eliminated transfer
passes for some fixed-route bus services. The regular passenger
fare for each boarding increased from $1.75 to $2.25 per boarding
to a maximum $2.00 to $2.25 per boarding depending on the route.
The Monthly Pass increased from $60 to $64.
Although the cash fare increase was modest, $0.25, the elimination
of free Transfer Passes was controversial. This impacted infrequent
cash fare paying riders using multiple bus routes to complete their
trip the most because each boarding requires the full fare be paid.
As a response, MTS encouraged riders to purchase a $5 Daily Pass
for access on the whole system as it is approximately the same cost
as the total would be for a round trip utilizing a single bus for
each direction and paying the single ride fare each time. Or, to
consider purchasing a $64 Monthly Pass.
Effective January 1, 2009, MTS set fares for the
San Diego Trolley at $1.25 for up to two
hours within downtown San Diego, and $2.50 for all other one-way
trolley service. Seniors (ages 60 and over), people with
disabilities and Medicare cardholders pay 60 cents and $1.25
respectively. Further, the Monthly Pass increased from $64 to $68,
with the youth pass at $34 and seniors/disabled/Medicare pass at
$17. While the adult Premium Monthly Pass (including travel on
$5.00 premium express buses) remained at $90, new $45 youth and
$22.50 senior/disabled/Medicare premium monthly passes were
introduced.
Effective July 1, 2009, MTS eliminated the downtown zone fare
category for the
San Diego
Trolley. As a result, the regular passenger fare for all
one-way trips on the trolley became $2.50 regardless of origin or
destination point; seniors, people with disabilities, and Medicare
cardholders pay just $1.25 each. MTS also increased the passenger
fare for shuttle bus routes to $2.25 ($1.10
senior/disabled/Medicare). All other single-ride cash fares remain
unchanged. The cost of an ordinary 1-day pass also remained at $5,
but the cost of a 1-day RegionPlus pass increased from $11 to $14.
MTS also increased the prices of all monthly passes (e.g. from $68
to $72 for a regular 30-day adult pass) and began selling 14-day
passes, which replace the half-month passes.
No passes are accepted by MTS Access paratransit buses; however,
prepaid tickets are available in books of 10.
San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway
San Diego and
Arizona Eastern Railway is a division of MTS; however does not
operate public transit service. Instead, the division manages and
leases the tracks.
San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
The San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad is a privately-owned
railroad owned and operated by
RailAmerica, which operates a freight service on
SD&AE's lines.
External links
References
- American Public Transportation Association, APTA Fourth Quarter 2007 Agency Statistics,
2007.
- Metropolitan Transit System, Take One Notice, December 15, 2007 - January 15,
2008.
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