Mather Field/Mills station explained

Mather Field/Mills
Style:SacRT
Symbol Location:Sacramento
Symbol:Yes
Address:Folsom Boulevard and Mather Field Road
Borough:Rancho Cordova, California
Country:United States
Coordinates:38.5847°N -121.3111°W
Owned:Sacramento Regional Transit District
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Connections: Sacramento Regional Transit: 21, 72, 75, 78, SmaRT Ride Rancho Cordova[1]
Structure:At-grade
Parking:235 spaces[2]
Bicycle:Lockers[3]
Accessible:Yes
Opened:[4]
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Mather Field/Mills station is a side platformed Sacramento RT Light Rail station in Rancho Cordova, California, United States. The station was opened on September 6, 1998, and is operated by the Sacramento Regional Transit District. It is served by the Gold Line. The station is located near the intersection of Mather Field Road and Folsom Boulevard, is served by various RT bus routes and serves the nearby Mather Field.

When the station opened in 1998, it replaced Butterfield as the eastern terminus of what was then the original RT light rail alignment (Watt/I-80–Downtown–Butterfield line) and was the first extension to the original network.[4] It would remain the terminus through June 11, 2004, when the line was extended to Sunrise and eventually all the way to Folsom.[5]

Deaths

A teenage girl, 15-year-old Mariah Burgess, was struck and killed on November 13, 2014, just north of the tracks. She was hit using the crossway located at the intersection of Folsom Boulevard and Coloma Road, just east of the station.

A bicyclist was killed at the Mather Field/Mills station on November 18, 2014.

Notes and References

  1. August 29, 2021 . SacRT System Map . April 30, 2023 . Sacramento Regional Transit District.
  2. Web site: Park-and-Ride Lots . April 30, 2023 . Sacramento Regional Transit District.
  3. Web site: Bike and Ride . June 3, 2024 . . en-US.
  4. News: Emily . Bazar . The Sacramento Bee . A1 . Light rail ready to go extra miles – Mather Field Road line becomes first extension . September 4, 1998 .
  5. News: Tony . Bizjak . The Sacramento Bee . B1 . All aboard! RT extension ready to roll – Three light-rail stations open Friday morning in Rancho Cordova . June 10, 2004 .