Silver Line (San Diego Trolley)

Silver Line
Silver Line
	Car 529 at Convention Center station (March 2014).
Overview
Status	Operating holidays
Owner	Metropolitan Transit System
Locale	San Diego, California
Termini	12th & Imperial
Stations	9
Website	San Diego Vintage Trolley
Service
Type	Heritage streetcar
System	San Diego Trolley
Operator(s)	San Diego Trolley, Inc.
Rolling stock	2 PCC streetcars; 1 Siemens–Duewag U2;
Ridership	2,098 (FY 2022)
History
Opened	August 27, 2011
Technical
Line length	2.7 mi (4.3 km)
Number of tracks	Travels on only 1 track of 2
Character	Unidirectional clockwise at-grade loop around Downtown San Diego
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC
Operating speed	45 mph (72 km/h) (max)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	proposed extension
	to Balboa Park
Zoo Place
	Storage &
	Maintenance Yard
	All stations are accessible
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;

The Silver Line is a 2.7-mile (4.3 km) heritage streetcar line operated by the San Diego Trolley, an operating division of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. It currently operates the "downtown loop"; a circle of tracks around Downtown San Diego, and is operated using renovated historic vehicles. The line is one of four lines in the Trolley system, sharing tracks of the other lines; the other three lines are the Blue, Orange, and Green lines.

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^ "San Diego Metropolitan Transit System POLICY 42 PERFORMANCE MONITORING REPORT" (PDF). MTS. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
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[silverlinecarrestoration-1] "Discovering Old PCCs". San Diego Vintage Trolley, Inc. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2011.

[Car530-start-2] Cite error: The named reference Car530-start was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[sdmts.com-3] "First Ever Trolley Goes Back into Service". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. July 12, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2020.

[4] "San Diego Metropolitan Transit System POLICY 42 PERFORMANCE MONITORING REPORT" (PDF). MTS. Retrieved September 15, 2023.

[silverlinelaunch-5] "Vintage trolley rolling out; 1949 all over again". The San Diego Union-Tribune. August 17, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2011.

[silverlineroute-6] Cite error: The named reference silverlineroute was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[SDVTfact-7] "Metropolitan Transit System PCC Light Rail Vehicle" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. February 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2015.

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Silver Line (San Diego Trolley)

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