Fruitridge station

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Fruitridge
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Fruitridge station platform
General information
LocationFruitridge Road at 28th Avenue
Sacramento, California
United States
Coordinates 38°31′32.18″N121°28′48.41″W / 38.5256056°N 121.4801139°W / 38.5256056; -121.4801139
Owned by Sacramento Regional Transit District
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Sacramento Regional Transit: 61, SmaRT Ride Franklin−South Sacramento [1]
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Bicycle facilities Racks
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedSeptember 26, 2003 (2003-09-26) [2]
Services
Preceding station Sacramento Regional Transit.svg Sacramento Regional Transit District Following station
City College
toward Watt/I-80
Blue Line 47th Avenue
Location
Fruitridge station

Fruitridge 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 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.

Platforms and tracks

Fruitridge 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 tracksUP 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
PlazaBuses

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References

  1. "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.
  2. Bizjak, Tony (September 27, 2003). "New vista for light rail – 1st new line in 16 years opens to fanfare". The Sacramento Bee. p. A1.
  3. Light Rail Progress (September 2003). "Sacramento Light Rail: South Line Opens on Time, on Budget". Light Rail Now! website. Retrieved February 5, 2010.