Morena/Linda Vista Trolley Station

Trolley station has good access to coffee and parking. The digital signs do not work but that doesn’t affect the service. Pretty clean around here also.

This is a small stop with less congestion than most of the other trolley stops. They keep it pretty clean and if your cell phone needs a quick charge there is a outlet behind the coke machine. Hopefully you won’t have to fight a tweaker or a homeless fool for it. Hope this helps :)

Morena/​Linda Vista is a very nice neighborhood trolley stop. Right between Old Town and Mission Valley, this a pretty neat place to be. There’s a small shopping center right when you get off and is the closest you’ll get to USD. It’s a pretty descent location, nothing that makes it stand out but it also has free parking, so that’s a plus as well.

This place beats Old Town. I love old town, but this one is closer to my house.
1.)I can always find parking. There are two lots one is off Riley St. The other off Friars.
2.) Less bum activity
3.) Quiet
Downfalls?
None of the light up signs work
Most of the trolley signs are blocked so you have to search to find out which way is which.

This location has a park and ride and is WAY more convenient than the old town or fashion valley locations if you are near the beach, clairemont or bay ho. There are lights everywhere and a small shopping center near by so it is relatively safe. Great for USD students too!

It’s an effin trolley station. I took the trolley. yay!

I love how convenient this location is to me (not nearly as nuts as Old Town) but the parking can be limited on busy days i.e. game days, Cinco de Mayo, etc. The only complaint I have is, the few times I’ve walked to the trolley early in the morning, by myself, there have been a handful of homeless people begging or simply sleeping at, or around the station. I don’t feel the safest, but the minute 8am or so rolls around there are enough people around to settle the un-​easiness.

I have seen a homeless person. Unbuckle his belt, unzip his jeans, take his pants all the way down to his ankles, reach his booty wayyyyy out to avoid his pants, and take a POOP at the trolley station. On the paved sidewalk.

Miss your trolley? Walk over to Starbucks for a quick pick-​me-​up! I’m not sure why the trolley system is stuck in the 1980’s, but I hope they make some advances soon. They’ve now got the plastic «compass card» that can actually be reloaded. A person of 2012 would expect this this process to include reloading online. NO. That is not happening. What you CAN do is hop on over to Albertson’s and reload your card.
Really?! really.
Sometimes someone is there to make sure you paid. Annnnd, most of the time there isn’t. Which means you either pay and feel like a jackass or don’t pay and feel like you are in some sort of Russian roulette game that may or may not penalize you for not having a ticket.
I’m SO glad they finally extended this station to downtown without a transfer. Baby steps, San Diego, baby steps.

Located between the Old Town and Fashion Valley transit stations, Trolley parking spaces here is limited to two short aisles which can fill up quickly, especially if there are major events towards downtown or Qualcomm stadium,. You could roll the dice and risk getting towed from the retail spots during daytime business hours, but there’s usually open curbside parking a block or two away.
There are a couple of spots easily within walking distance to grab snacks.

This station is served by the Green Line and Red Line special event service between Qualcomm Stadium and downtown.
The station may appear to be in an industrial armpit of northern San Diego, and pales in comparison to Old Town and Fashion Valley on either side, but the University of San Diego is not too far away. Morena Plaza is nearby, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Connections: Metropolitan Transit System lines 44 and 105.