Fifth Avenue station (San Diego)

Fifth Avenue
Blue Line trolleys at Fifth Avenue
General information
Location500 C Street
San Diego, California
United States
Coordinates 32°43′00″N 117°09′36″W / 32.716749°N 117.160051°W / 32.716749; -117.160051
Owned bySan Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Operated bySan Diego Trolley
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections MTS: 3, 120
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Accessible
Other information
Station code75088, 75089
History
OpenedJuly 26, 1981 (1981-07-26)
Rebuilt2013
Previous namesGaslamp (1981–1990)
Services
Preceding station San Diego Trolley Following station
Civic Center
toward UTC
Blue Line City College
toward San Ysidro
Civic Center
toward Courthouse
Orange Line City College
toward El Cajon
Civic Center
One-way operation
Silver Line City College
Next clockwise
Location

Fifth Avenue station (formerly Gaslamp station) is a station of the Orange Line, Blue Line, and Silver Line on the San Diego Trolley. It is located in the Core district of downtown San Diego, California. The station is located along on C Street, between Sixth Avenue and its namesake Fifth Avenue, surrounded by several office buildings.

It is one of the original stations of the San Diego Trolley, opening on July 26, 1981. At the time of opening, it was called Gaslamp station, due to its proximity to the Gaslamp Quarter. During the development of the Bayside extension, which would include a station much closer to the Gaslamp Quarter, this station was often called Gaslamp North station, while the new station was called Gaslamp South. When the Bayside extension opened in 1990, the new stop was called Gaslamp Quarter station, and this station was renamed Fifth Avenue to avoid confusion.

This station was closed between December 17, 2012 and June 2013 for renovations as part of the Trolley Renewal Project.