Mather Field/Mills station
Mather Field/Mills  | |||||||||||
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 Mather Field/Mills station platforms | |||||||||||
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| Location | Folsom Boulevard and Mather Field Road Rancho Cordova, California United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°35′05″N 121°18′40″W / 38.58472°N 121.31111°W | ||||||||||
| Owner | Sacramento Regional Transit District | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Sacramento Regional Transit: 21, 72, 75, 78, SmaRT Ride Rancho Cordova[1] | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 235 spaces[2] | ||||||||||
Cycle facilities | Lockers[3] | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | September 6, 1998[4] | ||||||||||
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Mather Field/Mills station is a side platformed SacRT 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 and the nearby Mills Shopping Center.
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.[6] She was hit using the crossway located at the intersection of Folsom Boulevard and Coloma Road, just east of the station.[7] According to a spokesperson for Regional Transit, Alane Masui, witnesses to the incident reported that "Burgess walked into the path of the eastbound train" and "witness accounts and surveillance video indicated that warning lights were activated an dthe train operator sounded the horn...the girl appeared to be using headphones and may have been distracted."[7]
A bicyclist was killed at the Mather Field/Mills station on November 18, 2014.
References
- ↑ "SacRT System Map" (PDF) (Map). Sacramento Regional Transit District. August 29, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ↑ "Park-and-Ride Lots". Sacramento Regional Transit District. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ↑ "Bike and Ride". Sacramento Regional Transit District. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- 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.
- ↑ McDonald, Ian (December 8, 2014). "Light Rail Train Hits Pedestrian in Rancho Cordova". FOX40 News. Retrieved August 12, 2026.
- 1 2 Lindelof, Bill (November 14, 2014). "Teens react to death of Rancho Cordova student killed by light-rail train". The Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on November 22, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2026.