Editing Escondido, California (section)

==Infrastructure==
[[File:Santa Fe train station, Grape Day Park.jpg|thumb|right|Historic railroad station]]

===Transportation===
[[File:Mark Skovorodko Photography - Escondido Highway 15 Aerial.jpg|alt=An aerial view of Interstate 15 approaching the Route 78 interchange in Escondido, California.|thumb|An aerial view of Interstate 15 approaching the Route 78 interchange in Escondido]]
Two highways serve Escondido: [[California State Route 78|Route 78]] and [[Interstate 15 (California)|Interstate 15]]. Route 78 enters from the west as a [[freeway]] from [[Oceanside, California|Oceanside]], which ends at Broadway. The highway follows surface streets and leaves the city heading east into the [[San Pasqual Valley]]. I-15 continues from the city to [[Temecula, California|Temecula]] in the north and [[San Diego]] in the south.
[[File:Mark Skovorodko Photography - Escondido Transit Center Aerial.jpg|alt=Escondido city buses entering and departing the Escondido Transit Center.|thumb|Escondido city buses entering and departing the Escondido Transit Center]]
The [[North County Transit District]] (NCTD) operates local bus service, with the [[Escondido Transit Center]] serving as a hub. The transit center has connections to both the [[San Diego Metropolitan Transit System]] and the [[Riverside Transit Agency]].
[[File:Mark Skovorodko Photography - Escondido Sprinter Light Rail.jpg|alt=The Sprinter light rail train preparing to depart the platform at the Escondido Transit Center.|thumb|The Sprinter light rail train preparing to depart the platform at the Escondido Transit Center]]
The [[Sprinter (rail service)|Sprinter]] hybrid rail service, operated by NCTD, links the transit center to [[Oceanside, California|Oceanside]] using the existing {{convert|22|mi|km|0|adj=on}}-long [[Escondido Subdivision]] trackage of the San Diego Northern Railroad. The rail line opened in 2008, making Escondido one of the first cities in the United States to operate [[Siemens Desiro]] class [[diesel multiple unit]]s manufactured in Germany. At the [[Oceanside Transit Center]], the Sprinter connects to three [[commuter rail]] lines (the [[Coaster (rail service)|Coaster]], [[Orange County Line|Orange County]] and [[Inland Empire–Orange County Line|Inland Empire–Orange County]] lines) and is also served by [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Pacific Surfliner]]''.

The [[California High-Speed Rail|California High Speed Rail Authority]] listed Escondido as a stop along the proposed high-speed rail system running from Southern to Northern California.<ref>{{cite report| title=Notice of Preparation of a Project Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the California High-Speed Train Project from Los Angeles to San Diego via the Inland Empire, CA| url=http://cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/images/chsr/20091002134320_NOP_Signed.pdf| year=2009| publisher=California High-Speed Rail Authority| access-date=July 31, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617113916/http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/images/chsr/20091002134320_NOP_Signed.pdf|archive-date=June 17, 2010| url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[BNSF Railway]] provides freight rail service to Escondido on the Escondido Subdivision.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 4, 2020 |title=Digest: BNSF to take over route operated by California short line |url=https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/digest-bnsf-to-take-over-route-operated-by-california-short-line/ |access-date=February 19, 2021 |website=TrainsMag.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Utilities===
[[San Diego Gas & Electric]] is the electric utility for the city.<ref>{{cite web| title=Our Service Territory| url=http://www.sdge.com/aboutus/serviceTerritory.shtml| publisher=San Diego Gas and Electric| access-date=February 14, 2010| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210202407/http://www.sdge.com/aboutus/serviceTerritory.shtml| archive-date=February 10, 2010| df=mdy-all}}</ref> The City of Escondido Water Utilities serves most customers within the city while Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District serves potable and recycled water to the greater Escondido valley and some portions of the incorporated city.<ref>{{cite web| title=Our History| url=http://www.rinconwater.org/our_history.htm| publisher=Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District| access-date=February 14, 2010| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040911141355/http://www.rinconwater.org/our_history.htm| archive-date=September 11, 2004| df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===Health care===
[[Palomar Medical Center]] is a hospital located in west Escondido near the [[Interstate 15 in California|I-15]]/[[California State Route 78|78]] interchange. It is the only designated [[trauma center]] in northern San Diego County. It opened in 2012, replacing a PMC facility that has stood in central Escondido since 1950. The original Palomar hospital, located east of downtown at the Valley Parkway/Grand Avenue junction, remained open and was rebranded Palomar Medical Center Downtown, serving as a standby/overflow medical center until 2021, when it was scheduled for demolition. The building was completely demolished in 2022.