Avoid the traffic and parking hassles. Thousands of free parking spots are available at Trolley stations.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
San Diego - Wonderfront Music and Arts Festival kicks off their inaugural weekend this Friday, November 22 in Downtown San Diego. To make the trip to the festival a breeze, the Metropolitan Transit System is encouraging festival goers to avoid traffic, parking hassles, and high rideshare fares by parking for free in any of the several Park and Ride stations along the Trolley lines.
Getting to the venue:
All three Trolley lines will depart every 15 minutes most of the day, offering direct service to Downtown. Sycuan Green Line will depart every 15 minutes throughout the event. Additional trips will operate toward the end of the event as needed.
Here are the Trolley stations nearest to the festival entrance gates:
Santa Fe Depot Station (Broadway Port Pier entrance gates).
Seaport Village Station (Seaport Village/Embarcadero Marina Park North/Ruocco Park entrance gates).
Gaslamp Quarter Station (Embarcadero Marina Park South entrance gates).
*On Friday and Saturday, an additional sweeper train to SDSU will depart 12th & Imperial at 12:06 am.
America Plaza Station (Broadway Port Pier entrance gates).
Courthouse Station (Broadway Port Pier entrance gates).
Passengers on the UCSD Blue Line and Orange Line can transfer to the Sycuan Green Line at 12th and Imperial to get to all entrance gates.
Visit the event’s website page to see a map of the festival.
Main Park & Ride stations.
Trolley stops with high capacity for free parking are as follows:
SDCCU Stadium: 5,000 free parking spots (Sycuan Green Line)
Old Town Transit Center: 412 free parking spots (Sycuan Green Line)
24th Street: 156 free parking spots (UC San Diego Blue Line)
E Street: 267 free parking spots (UC San Diego Blue Line)
Encanto/62nd Street: 158 free parking spots (Orange Line)
47th Street: 129 free parking spots (Orange Line)
Click here to see all Park and Ride stations along trolley lines.
Purchase your fare ahead of time with the Compass Cloud app! –Make your trip to the festival quick and easy by purchasing your Trolley pass ahead of time. Download the Compass Cloud mobile ticketing app.
*Multiple Compass Cloud mobile tickets can be purchased on one smartphone too, making it easy for friends traveling to the festival together. For more information, visit the Compass Cloud webpage.
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 in 10 cities and the county. In FY 2018, MTS served more than 86 million riders. For more information on how you can use public transportation and save money, go to www.sdmts.com.
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