12th & Imperial Transit Center Trolley Station

Good connection station but the ghetto people and the sketchy area makes it not so good. I mean people walking around with no shoes on, and hair uncombed.

This is the only trolley station in which all lines of the San Diego Trolley stop at. If you are coming from the west on the Green Line and wanting to connect to one of the other lines before it reaches its terminus at 12^th & Imperial, it would be better to change at Santa Fe Depot station.
I am giving it three stars for being a transfer point for buses and trolley lines. But it isn’t anything special. Area is a little sketchy. It is pretty close to Petco Park and Gaslamp. However for some reason it was swarming with transit cops scanning Compcass Cards of riders who had not even gotten onto a trolley car. Be sure to have your card or proof of payment or you might get ticketed!

I take the blue line mexico for training. and also to the San Diego naval base! Its the fastest way to get to both places. $ 5.00, you can ride a day!,

The 12^th & Imperial Transit Center should be the best one out of all stations since it’s the center hub! It’s close to Petco Park and not to far from the Gaslamp district. It has paid parking, which is a bummer. The best part is you can catch all 3 trolley lines here. Sadly, the area isn’t that great and it is very congested. With all the traffic this station sees, I would expect it to be more spacious and updated, but it’s not and for that, it just gets the a-​ok.

Transfer point for blue, orange and green line trolleys, plus busses number 4, 11, 901, 929 and more.
You can go literally anywhere you want to go from here!

This is the only station where you can catch all three trolley lines! You can go anywhere in San Diego (that has access to the trolley) from here. You just have to be careful because the orange and blue line go from the same area. Please read what the trolley itself says because if you don’t pay attention you might end up going south instead. You can also catch the green line from here too which is great.
Apart from the trolleys you can also catch various buses from here including #11 which can take you to Hillcrest,
The location is just perfect in my opinion. The station is just steps away from both Petco Park and the new library.
I took off stars because this station does get dirty and at night it’s pretty sketchy. A lot of homeless men tend to gather here which can make things uncomfortable at night. Also there just tends to be a whole lot of men ready to talk to women which is kind of a no at night. It’s just creepy and a bit scary at times. If you’re a fellow girl that takes the trolley (especially the blue line) I would be a little more cautious at this station.

Great location. That’s about it for the pros. Located conveniently next to a needle exchange, skid row and a greyhound station. Hey, I’m just a little girl trying to get to school, there’s no need for the amount of aggressive hobos and creeps that seem to love this station. I’ve seen drug deals and dudes peeing here. If you’re not prepared to brawl or clutch your purse all the way on your way to work or school, try and catch the train from a different stop.

Could be cleaner and less full of smelly hobos but ohh well… u can pretty much go anywhere from here. Both Blue and Orange trolley lines meet here an theres also a decent convenience store.

Just a warning to everyone, when you make a transit pay attention and carefully read the sign of the destination and «Orange» «Blue» sign!
I used this trolley station on the way and back from Comic Con at Convention Center.
After all day of walking around in huge area, my family and I were so tired, wanted to go home and lay down, we just hopped on the first train came into the station.
Few minutes later, we realized we got on the wrong train… then everyone around us told us they have done that too once!
Yeah so it’s not we’re the only one, it’s just so darn hard to read the sign!
Be careful to not catch wrong train, or you’ll end up turning back in not so great neighborhood!

As far as I’m concerned you can go any where from here, If you know your bus routes and you have a pass you can seriously go any where.
Hop on the blue line to the coaster, go up north
blue line to green line Old Town… SDSU
blue line south to the border
Orange line out east
#11 bus to Hillcrest, University Hieghts or Kensington
#901 to Coronado or IB
#11 to the greyhound station to San Franscisco or New York
…Really, go ANYWHERE
I recomend keeping your valuables stowed; sketchy part of town

This station is the southwest junction of the Blue and Orange lines (the Orange Line returns here after looping through downtown). It is also within the discounted downtown fare zone.
This station is the headquarters of where San Diego transportation decisions, good and bad, take place. Direct tomatoes here.
Petco Park is an easy walk west from here.
Connections: Metropolitan Transit System lines 4, 11, 901 and 929.