47th Avenue (Sacramento RT)

47th Avenue
Sacramento RT light rail station
Station statistics
Address Florin Road at Indian Lane
Sacramento, CA
Lines

Sacramento Regional Transit District (Sacramento RT):

Structure at-grade
Platforms 2 side platforms
Parking 423 spaces
Other information
Opened September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26)[1]
Accessible
Owned by Sacramento RT
Services
Preceding station   Sacramento RT Light Rail   Following station
toward Watt/I-80
Blue Line
toward Meadowview

47th Avenue is a side platformed Sacramento RT light rail station in Sacramento, California, United States. The station was opened on September 26, 2003, and is operated by the Sacramento Regional Transit District. As part of the Blue Line, it has service to Downtown Sacramento, North Sacramento, California State University, Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, Gold River and Folsom.

The station is located on the northwest side of 47th Avenue, and serves the Campbell Soup Company manufacturing facility, surrounding industrial areas, and the 47th Ave, Hogan, and 24th Street neighborhoods. An interesting feature is the passenger access configuration. The station has a center boarding area serving northbound trains; however, on the west side, the boarding area is integrated as part of a plaza serving both southbound trains and buses – a relatively efficient and cost-effective way of providing a pedestrian-train-bus interface.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bizjak, Tony (September 27, 2003). "New vista for light rail – 1st new line in 16 years opens to fanfare". The Sacramento Bee: p. A1. 
  2. ^ Light Rail Progress (September 2003). "Sacramento Light Rail: South Line Opens on Time, on Budget". Light Rail Now! website. http://www.lightrailnow.org/news/n_sac003.htm. Retrieved February 5, 2010.