Swanston station explained

Swanston
Style:SacRT
Symbol Location:Sacramento
Symbol:Blue
Address:Arden Way at Calvados Avenue
Borough:Sacramento, California
Country:United States
Coordinates:38.6078°N -121.4394°W
Owned:Sacramento Regional Transit District
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:At-grade
Parking:311 spaces[1]
Accessible:Yes
Opened:[2]
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Swanston station is a side-platformed Sacramento RT light rail station between Arden Way and El Camino Avenue, just west of the Capital City Freeway, in Sacramento, California, United States. The station was opened on March 12, 1987, and is operated by the Sacramento Regional Transit District as part of the Blue Line.

The station is named for the C. Swanston & Son Meat Packing Plant, formerly located in the vicinity of the current station. The current light rail transit route between the Arden / Del Paso and Swanston stations was built on the abandoned right of way of the freight-only branch line of the Sacramento Northern Railway electric interurban that served the slaughterhouse.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Park and Ride . June 3, 2024 . . en-US.
  2. News: Walker . Bill . March 13, 1987 . Pride runneth over in city 'On the move' . A1, A26 . .
  3. Web site: The Sacramento Northern Railroad . October 18, 2023 . Abandoned Rails.