Fruitridge 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 Fruitridge Road, after which the station is named, in the city of Sacramento, California. The station serves the commercial areas along Fruitridge Road and the residential neighborhoods of Hollywood Park and South City Farms.
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 Fruitridge station platform | |||||||||||
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| Location | Fruitridge Road at 28th Avenue Sacramento, California United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°31′32.18″N 121°28′48.41″W / 38.5256056°N 121.4801139°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Sacramento Regional Transit District | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Sacramento Regional Transit: 61, SmaRT Ride Franklin−South Sacramento[1] | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | September 26, 2003[2] | ||||||||||
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Platforms and tracks
editFruitridge station has a slightly different design compared to other stations built as part of the Blue Line Southwest Extension. Passengers use an island platform to board trains, but the station also has a small side platform integrated into a plaza on the west side of the station that also contains the westbound bus stop and a crosswalk to the eastbound bus stop. The southbound tracks are embedded in the pavement, allowing passengers to cross to the island platform from any point in the plaza. The layout is both efficient and a cost-effective way of providing a pedestrian-train-bus interface.[3]
| Freight tracks | ← UP Sacramento Subdivision; No passenger service → |
| Northbound | ← Blue Line toward Watt/I-80 (City College) |
| Island platform, doors open on the left | |
| Southbound | Blue Line toward Cosumnes River College (47th Avenue) → |
| Short side platform, one car length | |
| Plaza | Buses |
References
edit- ^ "SacRT System Map" (PDF) (Map). Sacramento Regional Transit District. August 29, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 16, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ Bizjak, Tony (September 27, 2003). "New vista for light rail – 1st new line in 16 years opens to fanfare". The Sacramento Bee. p. A1.
- ^ Light Rail Progress (September 2003). "Sacramento Light Rail: South Line Opens on Time, on Budget". Light Rail Now! website. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
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