{"id":177823,"date":"2026-02-14T10:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/177823\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:18:14","slug":"trolley-ride-to-the-80s-mts-offers-journey-back-in-time-with-vintage-trolley-monday-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/177823\/","title":{"rendered":"Trolley ride to the \u201980s? MTS offers journey back in time with vintage trolley Monday \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Travel back in time this Presidents Day with a ride on the very first red San Diego trolley car \u2014 part of the Metropolitan Transit System\u2019s modified holiday schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Riders can enjoy the view from the vintage 1001 U2 trolley, which began service in 1981. It will run on the Silver Line on Monday, circulating on the downtown loop.<\/p>\n<p>The vintage trolley will will leave the 12th and Imperial station for its first trip at 9:07 a.m., and it will start its final trip at 5:07 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Silver Line is a special trolley line that only operates on certain holidays, such as St. Patrick\u2019s Day, Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. It has a few other restored antique trolleys in its fleet, including the Presidents Conference Committee Streetcars 529 and 530 from the 1940s.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Harry Mathis, standing, then chair of the MTS board, chats with riders on a restored 1949 vintage trolley's inaugural run on August 19, 2011, in San Diego. (Peggy Peattie \/ For The San Diego Union-Tribune)\" width=\"2030\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SUT-L-Vintage-Trolley-2.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9608996\" \/>Harry Mathis, standing, then chair of the MTS board, chats with riders on a restored 1949 vintage trolley\u2019s inaugural run on August 19, 2011, in San Diego. (Peggy Peattie \/ For The San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/p>\n<p>Passengers can board the trolley from any of its stops on Monday. The full downtown loop around the Gaslamp Quarter takes about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>MTS will otherwise operate on a reduced holiday schedule on Presidents Day, following a Saturday schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The Rapid Express Routes 280 or 290 will not offer service, along with Rural Routes 891, 892 and 894. Rural Route 888 also will not operate.<\/p>\n<p>MTS Access subscription passengers must call ahead of time to arrange their transportation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Dennis Graff, of Chula Vista, steps off a vintage trolley after riding it through downtown San Diego on Tuesday, May 28, 2014. (Stan Lim \/ PE file)\" width=\"3400\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SUT-L-Vintage-Trolley-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9608997\" \/>Dennis Graff, of Chula Vista, steps off a vintage trolley after riding it through downtown San Diego on Tuesday, May 28, 2014.  (Stan Lim \/ PE file)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travel back in time this Presidents Day with a ride on the very first red San Diego trolley&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[181,23,100,74,76,75,1696,1967],"class_list":{"0":"post-177823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-latest-headlines","9":"tag-local-news","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-san-diego","12":"tag-san-diego-headlines","13":"tag-san-diego-news","14":"tag-top-stories-sdut","15":"tag-transportation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}