4th Avenue/Wayne Hultgren station

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4th Avenue/Wayne Hultgren
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General information
Location4th Avenue at 21st Street
Sacramento, California
United States
Coordinates 38°33′5.34″N121°29′17.38″W / 38.5514833°N 121.4881611°W / 38.5514833; -121.4881611 Coordinates: 38°33′5.34″N121°29′17.38″W / 38.5514833°N 121.4881611°W / 38.5514833; -121.4881611
Owned by Sacramento Regional Transit District
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Sacramento Regional Transit: 62
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedSeptember 26, 2003 (2003-09-26) [1]
Services
Preceding station Sacramento Regional Transit.svg Sacramento Regional Transit District Following station
Broadway
toward Watt/I-80
Blue Line City College
Location
4th Avenue/Wayne Hultgren station

4th Avenue/Wayne Hultgren station is an at-grade light rail station on the Blue Line of the Sacramento RT 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 trackUP 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
PlazaBuses

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References

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