Light Rail
| Sacramento RT Light Rail | |||||
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A Siemens Duewag U2A in downtown Sacramento |
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| Background | |||||
| Locale | Sacramento, CA | ||||
| Transit type | Light rail | ||||
| Number of lines | 3 | ||||
| Number of stations | 48 | ||||
| Daily ridership | 50,000 | ||||
| Website | http://www.sacrt.com/ | ||||
| Operation | |||||
| Began operation | March 12, 1987 | ||||
| Operator(s) | Sacramento Regional Transit District | ||||
| Number of vehicles | 76 | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| System length | 38.6 mi (62.12 km) (light rail) | ||||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge) | ||||
| Electrification | Overhead lines, 750 V DC | ||||
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RT operates a 38.6-mile (62.12 km) light rail system, consisting of three rail lines, 48 stations, and 76 vehicles. The LRV fleet consist of Siemens-Duewag U2A vehicles, which have been in use since the light rail's inception and more modern CAF trains delivered in 2003.
Before the June 2010 budget cuts, RT light rail formerly operated from 4:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily with 15 minute headways during the day. (Only the RT bus service division has never operated beyond midnight, even the busiest routes.) After the budget cuts took place, it was curtailed to operate from 4:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, with service every 15 minutes in the day Monday through Friday and every 30 minutes on weekends and every night. The light rail system, with 44,400 daily boardings, is the eleventh busiest in the United States.
The creation and maintenance of the light-rail system is pushed by the advocacy group Friends of Light Rail and Transit.
Read more about this topic: Sacramento Regional Transit District
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