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Location | Folsom Boulevard and Starfire Drive Rosemont, California United States | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°33′34″N121°21′43″W / 38.55944°N 121.36194°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Sacramento Regional Transit District | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Connections | Sacramento Regional Transit: 84 [1] | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Parking | Lockers [2] | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | September 5, 1987 [3] | ||||||||||
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Starfire is a side platformed Sacramento RT light rail station in Rosemont, California, United States. The station was opened on September 5, 1987, and is operated by the Sacramento Regional Transit District.
It is served by the Gold Line. The station is located near the intersection of Starfire Drive on Folsom Boulevard, south of Highway 50.
Side platform, doors open on the right | |
Westbound | ← Gold Line toward Sacramento Valley Station (Watt/Manlove) |
Eastbound | Gold Line toward Historic Folsom (Tiber) → |
Side platform, doors open on the right | |
Freight track | ← UP Placerville Industrial Lead; No passenger service → |
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