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Swanston is a side-platformed Sacramento RT light rail station between Arden Way and El Camino Avenue, just west of the
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, United States. The station was opened on March 12, 1987, and is operated by the
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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
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that served the slaughterhouse.


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* Sacramento Regional Transit light rail stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1987 1987 establishments in California {{SacramentoCA-stub