Mather Field/Mills station

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Mather Field/Mills
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Mather Field/Mills station platforms
General information
LocationFolsom Boulevard and Mather Field Road
Rancho Cordova, California
United States
Coordinates 38°35′05″N121°18′40″W / 38.58472°N 121.31111°W / 38.58472; -121.31111
Owned by Sacramento Regional Transit District
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Sacramento Regional Transit: 21, 72, 75, 78, SmaRT Ride Rancho Cordova [1]
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking235 spaces [2]
Bicycle facilities Lockers [3]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedSeptember 6, 1998;25 years ago (1998-09-06) [4]
Services
Preceding station Sacramento Regional Transit.svg Sacramento Regional Transit District Following station
Butterfield Gold Line Zinfandel
Location
Mather Field/Mills station

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.

Contents

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]

Platforms and tracks

Side platform, doors open on the right
Westbound      Gold Line toward Sacramento Valley Station (Butterfield)
Eastbound      Gold Line toward Historic Folsom (Zinfandel)
Side platform, doors open on the right
Freight trackUP Placerville Industrial Lead; 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.

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References

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