4th Avenue/Wayne Hultgren station

4th Avenue/Wayne Hultgren
Station platform in December 2024
General information
Location	4th Avenue at 21st Street Sacramento, California United States
Coordinates	38°33′5.34″N 121°29′17.38″W
Owned by	Sacramento Regional Transit District
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Sacramento Regional Transit: 62
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26)[1]
Services
Preceding station Sacramento Regional Transit District Following station Broadway toward Watt/​I-80 Blue Line City College toward Cosumnes River College
Location

4th Avenue/Wayne Hultgren 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 4th Avenue, after which the station is named, in the city of Sacramento, California.

It is located southeast of the 21st Street and Freeport Boulevard intersection, and serves the residential areas of Land Park and Curtis Park, commercial development along Freeport Boulevard, and C. K. McClatchy High School. The station is named in honor of Wayne Hultgren, a community activist who was essential in the establishment of light rail in Sacramento.^[2]

Platforms and tracks

Like nearly all stations built as part of the Blue Line Southwest Extension, 4th Avenue/Wayne Hultgren 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 small plaza that leads to the nearby bus stops. The southbound tracks are embedded in the pavement, allowing passengers to cross to the northbound platform from any point on the southbound platform. 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 (Broadway)
Island platform, doors open on the left
Southbound	→      Blue Line toward Cosumnes River College (City College) →
Side platform, doors open on the right
Plaza	Buses

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. Retrieved 2022-07-17 – via newspapers.com.
2. Holt, Tim (August 3, 2003). "How a soft-spoken bulldog brought light rail to Sacramento". The Sacramento Bee. pp. E1, E6. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
3. "Sacramento Light Rail: South Line Opens on Time, on Budget". Light Rail Now!. September 2003. Retrieved February 5, 2010.