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Swanston is a side-platformed Sacramento RT light rail station between Arden Way and El Camino Avenue, just west of the Capital City Freeway, in Sacramento, California, United States. The station was opened on March 12, 1987, and is operated by the Sacramento Regional Transit District as part of the Blue Line.
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_4066_03.JPG) Swanston station platforms, December 2012 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Arden Way at Calvados Avenue Sacramento, California United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°36′28″N 121°26′22″W / 38.60778°N 121.43944°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Sacramento Regional Transit District | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 311 spaces | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | March 12, 1987[1] | ||||||||||
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The station is named for the C. Swanston & Son Meat Packing Plant, formerly located in the vicinity of the current station. The current light rail transit route between the Arden / Del Paso and Swanston stations was built on the abandoned right of way of the freight-only branch line of the Sacramento Northern Railway electric interurban that served the slaughterhouse.[2]
Platforms and tracks edit
| Side platform, doors open on the right | |
| Northbound | ← Blue Line toward Watt/I-80 (Marconi/Arcade) |
| Southbound | Blue Line toward Cosumnes River College (Royal Oaks) → |
| Side platform, doors open on the right | |
References edit
- ^ Walker, Bill (March 13, 1987). "Pride runneth over in city 'On the move'". The Sacramento Bee. pp. A1, A26.
- ^ "The Sacramento Northern Railroad". Abandoned Rails. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
External links edit
Media related to Swanston (Sacramento RT) at Wikimedia Commons
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