MTS Adding Late-Night Trolley Service Downtown for Halloween

Large crowds expected downtown for Monster Bash 2015

San Diego – A Halloween on Saturday night is sure to bring some extra ghouls and goblins to downtown San Diego and Monster Bash 2015. In response, the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) is adding late-night Trolley service departing from downtown San Diego, and advising party-goers to take the Trolley to avoid driving and parking hassles.

MTS will increase the number of late night trains running on the Blue, Orange and Green Lines that provide direct service to downtown San Diego.  All lines will operate every 15 minutes during the day until about 9 p.m. on the UC San Diego Blue Line (from San Ysidro), 8:18 p.m. on the Orange Line (from El Cajon), and 9:15 p.m. (from SDSU) on the Green Line, then every 30 minutes during the remainder of the evening.

The special late-night trains leaving downtown San Diego are as follows:

• Orange Line to La Mesa and El Cajon (from Fifth Ave. Station): 12:27 a.m.
• UC San Diego Blue Line to San Ysidro (from Fifth Ave. Station): 12:25 a.m.
• Green Line to Santee/SDSU (from Gaslamp Quarter Station): 12:08 a.m., and 12:38 a.m.

Please note the termination point for special late-night trains on the Green Line is SDSU. There is no late service to Alvarado Medical Center, 70th Street, Arnele Ave., Gillespie Field, or Santee stations after the event. The last Green Line train serving these stations departs from the Gaslamp Quarter Station at 10:08pm. Passengers taking the Green Line can opt to park and ride from Qualcomm Stadium, which has 5,000 free parking spaces.

Getting to Monster Bash and downtown San Diego:

From South Bay, Chula Vista or National City

• Take northbound UC San Diego Blue Line to Fifth Ave.

From El Cajon, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, Encanto, East San Diego

• Take the westbound Orange Line to Fifth Ave.

From SDSU, Qualcomm Stadium, Mission Valley, Old Town

• Take westbound Green Line to Gaslamp Quarter Station

Monster Bash's main entrance is on Seventh Ave. and Market St.  The closest Trolley stations are Gaslamp Quarter and Fifth Avenue. The Gaslamp Quarter Station is located at Fifth Ave. and L St. and is served by the Green Line. The Fifth Avenue Station is located on C Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and is served by the Blue and Orange lines. Both stations are about six blocks from the main entrance.

MTS operates 95 bus routes and three Trolley lines on 53 miles of double-tracked railway. Every weekday more than 300,000 passenger trips are taken on MTS bus and Trolley services. MTS set a new record in FY 2015 with more than 96.7 million passenger trips. For more information on how you can use public transportation and save money, go to www.sdmts.com.

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