Oceanside Transit Center

Oceanside, CA
Oceanside, CA
	COASTER train at Oceanside Transit Center
General information
Other names	Oceanside Transit Center
Location	235 South Tremont Street; Oceanside, California; United States
Coordinates	33°11′31″N 117°22′46″W / 33.19194°N 117.37944°W
Owned by	North County Transit District
Line(s)	Surf Line; Escondido Subdivision
Platforms	3 side platforms (Surf Line); 1 island platform (Escondido Subdivision)
Tracks	3 (Surf Line); 2 (Escondido Subdivision)
Connections	NCTD BREEZE: 101, 302, 303, 313, 318, FLEX 392, FLEX 395; Amtrak Thruway: 1; Greyhound Lines;
Construction
Parking	1,261 spaces, 24 accessible spaces
Bicycle facilities	16 rack spaces, 4 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed, station building with waiting room
Station code	Amtrak: OSD
Fare zone	1 (COASTER)
History
Opened	1886
Rebuilt	1946; 1984;
Passengers
FY 2022	185,734 (Amtrak)
Services
	San Clemente Pier (limited service) toward San Luis Obispo
	San Clemente Pier (weekends) toward San Bernardino–Downtown
	San Clemente Pier (weekends) toward L.A. Union Station
Former services
Las Flores Bypassed pre-1948 toward Los Angeles	Carlsbad 1887-1960 toward San Diego
Location
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.^[8] 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^[9] 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.^[10]

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,^[11] the third platform opened in May 2017,^[12]^[13] and Platform 1 reopened November 20.^[14]