Sacramento’s Dos Rios station opens on Blue Line as Route 33 change approaches

Sacramento Regional Transit’s Dos Rios station opened to Blue Line passengers on September 28, giving the city’s River District a new rail stop near Mirasol Village. For riders who use bus Route 33, the opening also brings a planned service change: CBS Sacramento reports that the route will run for about two more weeks before Route 133 replaces it with one weekday morning trip.

The station sits on North 12th Street between Richards Boulevard and Sunbeam Avenue, between the existing Globe and Alkali Flat/La Valentina stops. SacRT says Blue Line trains serve Dos Rios every 15 minutes at peak times and every 30 minutes in early mornings and evenings. Riders can check the agency’s published Blue Line schedule for individual train times.

What changes for bus riders

CBS Sacramento reports that SacRT is phasing out Route 33 because the agency considers its service to overlap with the new station. The report says Route 33 will continue for about two weeks after the station opens, with Route 133 taking its place in early October. It describes the replacement as one weekday morning trip.

The reviewed sources do not give an exact date for Route 33’s last trip, a start date for Route 133, or the new route’s departure time and stop pattern. Those details matter to riders planning connections or trips beyond the rail station. The reported change establishes the agency’s intended direction, but a current route timetable is needed to plan a specific bus journey.

A station built for a changing district

The California Strategic Growth Council describes the River District as an area historically constrained by railroad tracks, levees and rivers, with limited roads, transit and sidewalks. It places the station within the wider Mirasol Village redevelopment, which is turning the former Twin Rivers public housing community into an affordable, mixed-income neighborhood. The station connects that area to Sacramento’s existing light rail network.

The council says Mirasol Village Blocks B and E received about $12.9 million to support 123 affordable homes and transport improvements. Those improvements include bus shelters and more than 2.5 miles of bikeways and pedestrian pathways. The housing and street work provide context for the station’s location, although the council’s description does not establish how many residents will use the new stop.

According to SacRT, construction of Dos Rios began in November 2024. The agency says the station project secured $42.8 million from state and federal sources: $31.2 million in state funding and $11.6 million in federal funding. CBS Sacramento reported that work finished about four months ahead of schedule and included pedestrian and access improvements around the site.

The project has a longer history than its construction period. SacRT says the station and associated affordable housing received a $23 million Transformative Climate Communities grant in December 2018. Its board approved station funding in January 2024. Those earlier decisions linked the rail stop to the district’s housing redevelopment before trains began calling at Dos Rios.

From completion to passenger service

SacRT celebrated construction completion with a ribbon-cutting on September 10, but said at the time that passengers could not yet use the station. Service was awaiting California Public Utilities Commission certification review and approval. At the ceremony, SacRT chief executive Henry Li described the project as the result of years of planning and partnership and said the agency was awaiting final regulatory approval before service could begin.

CBS Sacramento subsequently reported the September 28 service start, and SacRT’s station page records that date as the public opening. The station page gives the train intervals and links riders to the Blue Line schedule. The remaining practical question for Route 33 users is the precise bus changeover and Route 133 timetable, which were not established in the reviewed published material.