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Location | Quill Alley at 13th Street Sacramento, California United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°34′16″N121°29′37″W / 38.57111°N 121.49361°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Sacramento Regional Transit District | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Lockers [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | March 12, 1987 [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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13th Street station is a side platformed SacRT light rail station in Downtown Sacramento, California, United States. [3] The station was opened on March 12, 1987, and is operated by the Sacramento Regional Transit District. All three RT light rail lines serve the station: Gold, Blue and Green, serving as the southern terminus for the Green Line. 13th Street station was the terminal for the light rail system from March 12, 1987, until September 5, 1987, when the line was extended to Butterfield.
The station tracks run parallel to Quill Alley, which is located between Q and R Streets. The station is located between 12th and 13th Streets. Regional Transit's Customer Service and Sales Center is located just to the south of the station.
A small rail yard named the "R Street Yard" is located to the west of the station. [4] Green Line trains turn back using a switch just east of the station.
Side platform, doors open on the right | |
Northbound/ Westbound | ← Blue Line toward Watt/I-80 (Archives Plaza) ← Gold Line toward Sacramento Valley (Archives Plaza) ← Green Line toward 7th & Richards/Township 9 (Archives Plaza) |
Southbound/ Eastbound | Blue Line toward Cosumnes River College (16th Street) → Gold Line toward Historic Folsom (16th Street) → Green Line terminating trains → |
Side platform, doors open on the right |
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