Globe
Sacramento RT Light Rail
Light rail train at Globe station in December 2012
General information
LocationDel Paso Boulevard at Globe Avenue
Sacramento, California
United States
Coordinates38°36′10″N 121°27′57″W / 38.60278°N 121.46583°W / 38.60278; -121.46583
Owned bySacramento Regional Transit District
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedMarch 12, 1987 (1987-03-12)[1]
Services
Preceding station Sacramento Regional Transit District Following station
Arden/Del Paso
toward Watt/I-80
Blue Line Alkali Flat/La Valentina
Former services
Preceding station Western Pacific Railroad Following station
Sacramento
towards Oakland
Feather River Route Gardenland
Location

Globe 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 the median of Del Paso Boulevard at its intersection with Globe Avenue, after which the station is named, in the city of Sacramento, California.

South of the station, the line becomes single track and runs alongside the southbound lanes of California State Route 160 as it crosses the American River and the Sacramento Subdivision of the Union Pacific Railroad.

Altamont Corridor Express and San Joaquins services are planned to stop at a nearby Old North Sacramento station when those lines are extended to Sacramento.[2] A new platform will be constructed along the Sacramento Subdivision by 2023 to facilitate the commuter rail and inter-city trains.[3]

Platforms and tracks

Northbound      Blue Line toward Watt/I-80 (Arden/Del Paso)
Island platform, doors open on the left
Southbound      Blue Line toward Cosumnes River College (Alkali Flat/La Valentina)

References

  1. Walker, Bill (March 13, 1987). "Pride runneth over in city 'On the move'". The Sacramento Bee. pp. A1, A26.
  2. "San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority Draft 2019 Business Plan Update" (PDF). San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  3. "Valley Rail Sacramento Extension Project – Draft Environmental Impact Report" (PDF). Altamont Corridor Express. AECOM. Retrieved May 6, 2020.

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