Mather Field / Mills (Sacramento RT)
Mather Field/Mills | |||||||||||
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| 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°WCoordinates: 38°35′5.13″N 121°18′40.13″W / 38.5847583°N 121.3111472°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Sacramento RT | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |
Sacramento Regional Transit District (Sacramento RT): | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Connections | RT buses 21, 72, 74, 75 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 235 spaces | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | September 6, 1998[1] | ||||||||||
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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 |
Sacramento Transit Bus at Mather Field/Mills LRT Station
Sacramento Transit Bus at Mather Field/Mills LRT Station
Deaths
A teenage girl 15-year-old Mariah Burgess was struck and killed on November 13th 2014 just North of the tracks. She was hit using the crossway located on Folsom Blvd. and Coloma Rd.
A bicyclist was killed at the Matherfield Station on November 18th, 2014.
References
- 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.
- ↑ 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.
