Alvarado Medical Center (San Diego Trolley station)
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Alvarado Medical Center is a station on San Diego Trolley
's Green Line
in the College Area
.
The street-level station has side platform
s. It is located near the intersection of Alvarado Rd. and Reservoir Dr. The station is located across the street from the Alvarado Medical Center. Besides the hospital and the College Area, portions of the residential neighborhood of Del Cerro
are also accessible from the stop.
in 2005.
San Diego Trolley
The San Diego Trolley is a light rail system operating in the metropolitan area of San Diego. The operator, San Diego Trolley, Inc. , is a subsidiary of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System ...
's Green Line
Green Line (MTS)
The Green Line is one of three primary and five overall light rail lines operated by the San Diego Trolley, an operating division of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System...
in the College Area
College Area, San Diego, California
The College Area is a neighborhood of the Mid-City region of San Diego, California.The College Area is dominated by San Diego State University , which was formerly San Diego State College and previous to that San Diego State Teachers College, which the area is still named after...
.
The street-level station has side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s. It is located near the intersection of Alvarado Rd. and Reservoir Dr. The station is located across the street from the Alvarado Medical Center. Besides the hospital and the College Area, portions of the residential neighborhood of Del Cerro
Del Cerro, San Diego, California
Del Cerro is a residential neighborhood of approximately 2,300 residents in the eastern part of San Diego, California. Del Cerro borders the communities of San Carlos, Allied Gardens, College Area, Grantville, and the city of La Mesa, and is adjacent to Lake Murray and San Diego State University...
are also accessible from the stop.
Alvarado Riddle
One of the most noticeable features of the station is a riddle, engraved into the tiles on the wall that separates the station from the freeway. This art installation was created by Roman De SalvoRoman De Salvo
Roman de Salvo is a contemporary American conceptual artist whose sculpture and installations utilize everyday objects and materials in inventive and unexpected ways...
in 2005.