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The Port of West Sacramento is an independent special district created by the State of California, governed by a commission of four appointees by the Mayor of West Sacramento and one by the county board of supervisors. The port is managed by the city of West Sacramento and has projects to expand the services of the port.
The Sacramento Regional Transit District, commonly known as SacRT, operates a light rail system, serving portions of greater Sacramento, California, United States. The network consists of three lines, the Blue and Gold lines that both opened in 1987 and the Green Line that opened in 2012. [1][2][3] The 43-mile (69 km) network serves over 56,800 ...
U.S. Route 50 (US 50) U.S. Route 50 (US 50) is an east–west U.S. Highway through the Sacramento area that has its western terminus in West Sacramento, and provides service to South Lake Tahoe and ultimately Ocean City, Maryland, the highway's eastern terminus. US 50 begins by branching off in West Sacramento from I-80, thus creating its ...
Transportation in California. California's transportation system is complex and dynamic. Although known for its car culture and extensive network of freeways and roads, the state also has a vast array of rail, sea, and air transport. Several subway, light rail, and commuter rail networks are found in many of the state's largest population centers.
Route of California High-Speed Rail. The California High-Speed Rail system will be built in two major phases. Phase I, about 520 miles (840 km) long using high-speed rail through the Central Valley, will connect San Francisco to Los Angeles. In Phase 2, the route will be extended in the Central Valley north to Sacramento, and from east through ...
The Sacramento Southern Railroad is a heritage railway owned by the California State Railroad Museum which operates excursion trains on it. [1] The railroad extends from the museum property located in Old Sacramento State Historic Park south along the east bank of the Sacramento River levee. The original Sacramento Southern Railroad ran south ...
The Railroad History Museum was completed in 1981. Steam-powered passenger train service on the Sacramento Southern Railroad began in 1984, with the Central Pacific Railroad Freight Depot opening three years later. Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown was added to the museum complex during 1992.
When California was admitted as a state to the United States in 1850, and for nearly two decades thereafter, it was in many ways isolated, an outpost on the Pacific, until the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869. Passenger rail transportation declined in the early- and mid-20th Century with the rise of the state's car culture ...