Hazard Center Trolley Station

Great place to catch a ride into Qualcomm. On a Monday Night there was lots of security, and the walk to the parking lot was a piece of cake.

Hazard Center is a great trolley station. It’s a very nice location and directly across Hazard Center. It’s a short walk to Mission Valley Mall from here and it also offers free parking. It isn’t directly connected to any bus lines but it’s still the ideal residential trolley stop and is very well maintained. It’s a great stop if you’re looking to get downtown or qualcomm by public transit. Overall, just a great location for a trolley station.

A nice part of the trolley route, safe place

Here are a few events that we usually use the convenience of trolley for:
1) Chargers games
2) Padres games
3) Aztec games
4) Cinco De Mayo in Old Town
5) Pub crawls in Downtown
6) Farmers Market in Little Italy
Here are a few positives of the Hazard Center Trolley Station:
1) Free parking along Hazard Center Drive or in the parking structure across the street
2) Hazard Shopping Center — Restaurants/​Bars, Movie Theater, Bookstore, Coffee Shops, etc. Here is a link to the current list of retail located here… haz​ard​cen​ter​.com/​d​i​r​e​c​tory/
3) Cleanliness — It’s not clean all the time but most of the time. I think they do a decent job with power washing, painting and cleaning up trash at the station
4) Well lit during the night
5) Well suited for out of town guests staying at the hotel across the street.
Here are a few negatives of the Hazard Center Trolley Station:
1) Compass Cards — If you have not ridden the trolley before, have not ridden the trolley in a very long time, or forgot your compass card, then be prepared to pony up some extra dough per person for one of these cards
2) Long distance to TJ
Tip for Charger Games: Get there early around 10am or so (three hours before kickoff on a typical Sunday game) to avoid the hassle of looking for a parking spot and squeezing into the trolley.

This is a super convenient stop for Mission Valley residents. Usually there is enough parking and it is in a generally safe area, though homeless can be found as in all parts of Mission Valley. The machines issuing tickets are incredibly frustrating though as you can only load 1 compass card at a time and the machine seems to run slow.

It’s a pretty standard trolley station, albeit, one with convenient parking. Like all others in San Diego, it is a pain in the butt (impossible maybe?) to buy multiple tickets or passes in one transaction and the machines run slowly, so everyone is waiting in line on you, the trolley pulls up and your blood is boiling because you have to buy 4 tickets and it takes 4 slow transactions and then the trolley leaves and everyone hates you but knows the same thing would have happened to them…

Less crowded here then more popular trolley stops in the general area. Lots of parking on the street and in the structure just across the way.

This trolley stop is the dirty little secret of public transportation in San Diego.
When there is a big event at Qualcom Stadium or hot concert up at SDSU and you don’t want to hassle with parking-​come here.
There is ample free street parking directly along the trolley stop. You can literally step off the trolley coming back and stumble just a few steps to your waiting car. There are no shop-​owners or strip mall employees giving you the evil eye for parking in the lot. No more of those eagle-​eyed mall security guards watching you or those insulting tow signs at Fashion Valley Mall that states: No Trolley Parking.“
Hazard Center is the red-​haired stepchild of Fashion and to a lesser extent-​Mission Valley malls. But I happen to like it just because it tends to be less crowded and more mellow. The gang-​bangers that throng Mission Valley are no where to be found here and the rich and snobby folks that love Fashion Valley wouldn’t bother to come to Hazard.
The UltraStar movie theater is my favorite and the upstairs Starbucks is one of the friendliest around. I used to work (and made lots of money) tele-​marketing time share appointments in that corner Wyndham office, so I have a good inclination already to Hazard Center. BTW-​it was the Hazard Construction Company that used to have their offices on this very spot that the Center is named after. I remember it from when I was a kid and also remember it was Hazard that built Horton Plaza downtown. They have been big movers-​and-​shakers for more than seven decades and at the forefront of the general engineering contracting industry. Hazard built thousands of miles of interstate freeways, bridges and roadways throughout Southern California. I have heard that changes are afoot here and that many of the shops will be closing at Hazard and that condo’s will be built to replace them next year.
But that doesn’t change the Trolley Stop-​it is 5 Unilocal STARS all the way.
It is my go-​to trolley stop where I always pick up the Green line to Charger games or other events. Check it out for yourself.

This station is served by the Green Line and Red Line special event service from Qualcomm Stadium to downtown.
Hazard Center is an unfortunate name for what is a pretty good collection of stores. It’s the cream filling in the Oreo that is Fashion Valley Transit Center to the west and Westfield Mission Valley to the east (along with a couple of lesser shopping centers, but you’ll have to find it in my profile. Then mark the little buttons labeled useful, funny and cool. Then tell your friends to do the same.)
Connections: Metropolitan Transit System Line 14.