A CRJ700 PLT'S FIRST NIGHT DEP ON SAN'S RWY 27 RESULTED IN EDGE LIGHT LINE-UP BECAUSE THE CTRLINE WAS NOT CLR TO THE CREW.

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IT WAS MY FIRST TIME TO TAKE OFF AT NIGHT FROM SAN. WE TAXIED OUT TO RWY 27 AND WERE CLRED TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD. IT WAS NOT OBVIOUS WHERE THE RWY STARTED AND THE TXWY ENDED; SO I WAS BEING VERY CAUTIOUS. I TAXIED SLOWLY AND TURNED THE LNDG LIGHTS ON TO BETTER SEE WHERE WE WERE GOING. BEING UNFAMILIAR; I ASKED THE FO IF THIS WAS THE CTRLINE THAT WE HAD LINED UP ON; AND HE SAID IT WAS. I DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME; BUT I LINED UP ON THE RWY EDGE LIGHTS. WE SAT THERE FOR 1 MIN OR SO; AND WERE THEN CLRED FOR TKOF. IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING OUR TKOF ROLL; WE COULD SEE WE WERE NOT ON THE RWY CTRLINE. THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM TO MANEUVER ON THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD; SO THE FO; WHO WAS FLYING; STEERED THE ACFT BACK TO THE CTRLINE WHILE CONTINUING THE TKOF. THE MARKINGS AND LIGHTING ON THIS AREA OF THE ARPT ARE (TO ME) NOT VERY STRAIGHT FORWARD LIKE THEY SHOULD BE. I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT CAUSED THE PROB. INCREASED AWARENESS AND BETTER VIGILANCE WOULD HELP PREVENT THIS PROB. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY COMPANY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AT A RECURRENT TRAINING SESSION SINCE I BELIEVE IT HAS PROBABLY HAPPENED BEFORE AND WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN AGAIN.