Fashion Valley Transit Center is an elevated station on the Green Line of the

San Diego Trolley The San Diego Trolley is a light rail system serving San Diego County, California. The trolley's operator, San Diego Trolley, Inc. , is a subsidiary of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS). The trolley operates as a critical componen ...

system. It is located at the southwest corner of the

Fashion Valley Mall Fashion Valley (also called Fashion Valley Mall) is an upscale, open-air shopping mall in Mission Valley in San Diego, California. The shopping center hosts of leasable floor area, making it the largest mall in San Diego and one of the largest i ...

, after which the station is named. Below the station platform is a large bus plaza served by several MTS bus routes. The station has a 63 space

park and ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, Rail transport, r ...

lot. This station opened on November 23, 1997 as part of the Blue Line Mission Valley Line extension to

Mission San Diego station Mission San Diego station is a station on San Diego Trolley's Green Line. The elevated station has side platforms. It is located in the Grantville neighborhood near Mission San Diego de Alcalá and National University's San Diego campus. Fr ...

. Blue Line service to this station was replaced by the Green Line on July 10, 2005 as part of the Mission Valley East extension. Before the opening of the Mission Valley East extension, this station was rebuilt to raise the platform to accommodate the new low-floor trolley vehicles, giving passengers level access to trains without using steps or a wheelchair lift.

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Fashion Valley
Green Line (San Diego Trolley) San Diego Trolley stations in San Diego Mission Valley, San Diego Railway stations in the United States opened in 1997 1997 establishments in California {{California-railstation-stub