Mather Field / Mills (Sacramento RT)

Mather Field/Mills
Sacramento RT Light Rail
Sacramento RT light rail station
A CAF trainset Train at Mather Field/Mills station
Location Folsom Boulevard and Mather Field Road
Rancho Cordova, CA
Coordinates 38°35′5.13″N 121°18′40.13″W / 38.5847583°N 121.3111472°W / 38.5847583; -121.3111472Coordinates: 38°35′5.13″N 121°18′40.13″W / 38.5847583°N 121.3111472°W / 38.5847583; -121.3111472
Owned by Sacramento RT
Line(s)

Sacramento Regional Transit District (Sacramento RT):

  Gold Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Connections RT buses 21, 72, 74, 75
Construction
Structure type at-grade
Parking 235 spaces
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened September 6, 1998 (1998-09-06)[1]
Services
Preceding station   Sacramento RT Light Rail   Following station
Gold Line

Mather Field/Mills 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. As part of the Gold Line, it has service to Downtown Sacramento, California State University, Sacramento, Gold River and Folsom. 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 Air Force Base.

When the station opened in 1998, it replaced Butterfield as the eastern terminus of the Gold Line and was the first extension to the original network.[1] It would remain the terminus through June 11, 2004, when the line was extended to Sunrise and eventually all the way to Folsom.[2]

Platforms and tracks

SRTD Westbound ■ Gold Line toward Sacramento Valley (Butterfield)
SRTD Eastbound ■ Gold Line toward Historic Folsom (Zinfandel)
Union Pacific ■ Freight line No passenger service

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Bazar, Emily (September 4, 1998). "Light rail ready to go extra miles – Mather Field Road line becomes first extension". The Sacramento Bee. p. A1.
  2. ↑ Bizjak, Tony (June 10, 2004). "All aboard! RT extension ready to roll – Three light-rail stations open Friday morning in Rancho Cordova". The Sacramento Bee. p. B1.


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