47th Avenue (Sacramento RT)

47th Avenue
Sacramento RT light rail station
47th Avenue Station platform
Location	47th Avenue at 27th Street Sacramento, CA
Coordinates	38°30′42.86″N 121°28′33.36″W / 38.5119056°N 121.4759333°WCoordinates: 38°30′42.86″N 121°28′33.36″W / 38.5119056°N 121.4759333°W
Owned by	Sacramento RT
Line(s)	Sacramento Regional Transit District (Sacramento RT):   Blue Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Parking	423 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 26, 2003[1]
Services
Preceding station   Sacramento RT Light Rail   Following station Fruitridge toward Watt/I-80 Blue Line Florin toward Cosumnes River College

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]

Platforms and tracks

Union Pacific	■ Freight line	No passenger service
SRTD Northbound	■ Blue Line	toward Watt/I-80 (Fruitridge)
SRTD Southbound	■ Blue Line	toward Cosumnes River College (Florin)

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. Retrieved February 5, 2010.