MTS Mid-Coast Trolley makes first trip on light-rail extension

San Diego transportation leaders and transit advocates yesterday took the first official Trolley trip on the southern end of the Mid-Coast Extension of the UC San Diego Blue Line.

The extension will be operated by the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) and was built by the San Diego Association of Governments. The $2.1 billion, 11-mile light-rail extension is expected to open in November, according to the news release.

Attendees marked the occasion with a ribbon cutting at the Tecolote Trolley Station and then rode the Trolley north to the new Clairemont Drive and Balboa Avenue stations.

The public can take the same ride on Aug. 28, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. MTS will run Trolley shuttles between the Old Town Transit Center and the Balboa Avenue Transit Center every 15 minutes during the Mid-Coast Community Celebration.