The Dos Rios light rail station is now open, as of September 28, 2026. This station, between Alkali Flat/La Valentina and Globe stations, was built to serve Mirasol Village and other homes and businesses just south of the American River.

Though you won’t find mention of this on the SacRT website, SacRT and SACOG tried to kill this station, but Mirasol Village residents, the public, and transit advocates rose up to defend it, and it was eventually approved and constructed (SacRT board passes Dos Rios station). Construction took a long while, mostly to move utilities and address contaminated soil which was more extensive at the site than originally estimated.

The station is very nice. A SacRT employee commented that it would be great if all the light rail stations were this nice.

The station has the traditional ticket vending machines (TVMs), but to my surprise also has the new Tap2Ride readers that will eventually be installed at all light rail stations. These are the same readers that have been installed on all the SacRT buses, but here they are housed in a protective box. I noticed three readers, though there may have been a fourth, located at ends of the platforms where the track crossings are located. For two of the three, the screens were illuminated. I used one as an experiment, and it worked, deducting $1 from my account (I am registered in SacRT’s Tap2Ride as a senior). One reader had a blank screen, but it beeped at my phone, so might be working. SacRT’s original intent was to integrate Tap2Ride into the TVMs, but I am glad to see they are separate, since many functions of the TVMs do not work properly. It isn’t clear whether the eventual Transit Connect physical cards will be read by these Tap2Ride readers, or by some modification of the TVMs. No Connect Transit Card readers, the old legacy system, were installed, and the TVMs never were able to read these cards, though they claim to.

The station has a fence installed between the two tracks for this side-boarding station. Though these are not required at stations with the higher platforms, 8 inches above top of rail, they may be required when the platforms are eventually raised to 14 inches above top of rail, sometime in the 2030s. There are track crossings at the north and south ends of the platform. All of the side-loading stations on the north section of the Blue Line have these median fences. I think they are a good thing.

There is a crosswalk over North 12th Street towards Mirasol Village from the southbound platform, and access to Sproule Avenue from the northbound platform.

The station has ample sun/rain shelters, and ample seating blocks (not benches), and trash cans. Though I did not visit at night, it appears lighting is good. I did not notice a drinking fountain. Many light rail stations have drinking fountains, but almost all are non-functional. I guess SacRT has decided they are not capable of maintaining drinking fountains.

At the south end of the northbound platform, there are some odd devices that might be intended to be bike/mobility racks. These do not meet the requirements of the APBP (Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals) bike parking standards, which are recognized by the City of Sacramento. Of maybe they are just intended to be for scooters, but then there aren’t any bicycle racks. I don’t know.

Another infill light rail station in the River District is due to open sometime this fall. SacRT is advancing planning for an infill station on the Gold Line at Horn Road, but this one is in early stages.