48th Street is a

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ed Sacramento RT

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station in the Elmhurst neighborhood of

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, United States. The station was opened on July 14, 1994, and is operated by the

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. It is served by the Gold Line. The station is located near the intersection of 48th Street and Highway 50. Included originally as part of the network, both this and the 39th Street station were deferred and not constructed in 1987 due to intense neighborhood opposition. However, both would open as

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s in July 1994 due to a shift in attitude towards the rail project following its successful opening from the surrounding neighborhoods.

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