MTS to boost trolley service for Wild Horses Music Festival crowds

 Anticipating large crowds for Saturday’s Wild Horses Music Festival, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System will provide enhanced trolley service before and after the event.

The 4 p.m. festival — headlined by Grammy Award-winning Mumford & Sons — will be held at Petco Park and will feature Americana, country and modern folk artists including Lord Huron, Sierra Ferrell and Lily Meola.

“To keep the concert crowds moving smoothly, MTS will increase trolley service before and after the festival to help riders travel safely and conveniently,” officials said in a recent statement.

Regular trolley service will arrive at stations every 15 minutes or better, officials said.

According to MTS, post-concert service will include:

— UC San Diego Blue Line: Trolleys departing downtown to San Ysidro every 15 minutes until 12:07 a.m., with four additional trips to UTC until 11:40 p.m.;

— Green Line: Trolleys departing downtown every 15 minutes, with additional trips from Gaslamp Quarter Station until crowds diminish;

— Orange Line: Trolleys departing downtown every 15 minutes after the festival ends until crowds diminish; and

— Copper Line: Trolleys departing every 15 minutes in both directions, with added trips until 12:25 a.m.

More information is available at https://www.sdmts.com/rider- info/events/wild-horses-festival-featuring-mumford-sons.

MTS also encouraged festivalgoers to avoid costly parking by using free Park & Ride lots throughout the trolley system. Convenient locations include:

–Old Town Transit Center, Green Line and UC San Diego Blue Line North, with over 400 spots, with an overflow parking option across the street at the Caltrans District 11 office (4050 Taylor St.) that features over 300 spots;

–Morena/Linda Vista, Green Line, with 200 spaces and most parking available off Friars Road;

–Grossmont Transit Center, Green Line and Orange Line, with 220 spots; and

–El Cajon Transit Center, Green Line and Orange Line, with 400-plus spots.

A full parking lot list is at https://www.sdmts.com/transit- services/transit-station-parking.

–City News Service