47th Avenue station

47th Avenue
47th Avenue station platform
General information
Location	47th Avenue at 27th Street Sacramento, California United States
Coordinates	38°30′42.86″N 121°28′33.36″W
Owned by	Sacramento Regional Transit District
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Sacramento Regional Transit: SmaRT Ride Franklin−South Sacramento
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	423 spaces[1]
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26)[2]
Services
Preceding station Sacramento Regional Transit District Following station Fruitridge toward Watt/​I-80 Blue Line Florin toward Cosumnes River College
Location

47th Avenue station is an at-grade light rail station on the Blue Line of the SacRT light rail system operated by the Sacramento Regional Transit District. The station is located in an exclusive right of way alongside the Union Pacific Railroad's Sacramento Subdivision at its intersection with 47th Avenue, after which the station is named, in the city of Sacramento, California.

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 Avenue, Hogan, and 24th Street neighborhoods.

Platforms and tracks

Like nearly all stations built as part of the Blue Line Southwest Extension, 47th Avenue station has a rather unique layout with an island platform serving northbound trains and a side platform boarding area for southbound trains, integrated into a plaza that leads into the 423 space park and ride lot. The southbound tracks are embedded in the pavement, allowing passengers to cross to the northbound platform from any point in the plaza. The layout is both efficient and a cost-effective way of providing a pedestrian-train interface.^[3]

Freight track	← UP Sacramento Subdivision; No passenger service →
Northbound	←      Blue Line toward Watt/I-80 (Fruitridge)
Island platform, doors open on the left
Southbound	→      Blue Line toward Cosumnes River College (Florin) →
Side platform, doors open on the right
Plaza	Park and ride lot, ticket machines

References

1. "Park and Ride". Sacramento Regional Transit District. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
2. Bizjak, Tony (September 27, 2003). "New vista for light rail – 1st new line in 16 years opens to fanfare". The Sacramento Bee. p. A1. Retrieved 2022-07-17 – via newspapers.com.
3. "Sacramento Light Rail: South Line Opens on Time, on Budget". Light Rail Now!. September 2003. Retrieved February 5, 2010.