List of Valley Metro Rail stations

Valley Metro Rail is a light rail transit system that serves the Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona, United States. The light rail system, which operates under the Valley Metro brand name, has 38 stations and 26 miles (42 km) of tracks within the cities of Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa.[1] The system serves on average over 49,400 weekday riders as of 2016,[2] making it one of the busiest light rail systems in the United States.

The Valley Metro Light Rail system map showing 35 of the 38 stations.

Valley Metro Rail opened its initial 20-mile (32 km) starter line[3] on December 27, 2008.[4] The starter line, which was funded through a combination of federal, regional and local municipal funds,[5] operated from the 19th Avenue/Montebello station in Phoenix, through Tempe, serving the Arizona State University Tempe campus, and ended at the Sycamore/Main Street station in Mesa.[6] The starter line provided service to 28 stations in total, which were primarily located on-street at the intersections of major arterial roads every 0.5 miles (0.80 km), although mid-block stations are common in areas of higher urban density. On April 8, 2013, the PHX Sky Train people mover opened, providing direct service from the 44th Street/Washington station to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.[7] On August 22, 2015, Valley Metro's first light rail extension, the Central Mesa Extension, opened, which added four new stations on the eastern end of the starter line going through downtown Mesa, including a new terminus at Mesa Drive/Main Street station.[8] The second light rail extension, the Northwest Extension Phase I opened on March 19, 2016, which added three new stations on the western end of the starter line on 19th Avenue, including a new terminus at 19th Avenue/Dunlap station.[9]

Three new stations opened on 2019. Two of these, Stapley/Main Street station and Gilbert Road/Main Street station, are part of the Gilbert Road Extension, which began service at May 2019.[10][11] The third station, 50th Street/Washington station, is an infill station located between the 44th Street/Washington station and Priest Drive/Washington station in Phoenix.[12] This station opened in April 2019, and was funded by Proposition 104, Phoenix's 2015 ballot initiative that extended and expanded the city's transportation sales tax.[13]

Each light rail station is approximately 300 feet (91 m) long, which allows up to three separate light rail vehicles to be linked into one train (each light rail vehicle is 90 feet (27 m) long).[14] Access is primarily provided at the end of the stations, usually at signalized intersections. All stations maintain a similar design, are ADA accessible and provide level boarding throughout. Each station consists of a platform and an overhead canopy that provides shade and shelter from the weather. Station amenities include seating, trash canisters, a drinking fountain, lighting, digital and vocal rider information, emergency call boxes and public art. Fares can be purchased at the ticket vending machines located at each end of the station platforms.[15] Five of the stations have associated transit centers for transferring between light rail and buses.[16] 10 of the stations have associated park-and-ride facilities that provide approximately 4,500 public parking spaces combined along the entire light rail system.[17]

Valley Metro is currently in various phases of planning and development on six light rail extensions. Combined, these extensions will expand the light rail system by 37 miles (60 km) by the year 2034.[18] Three of these extensions have completed a sufficient amount of planning to determine the number of stations they will include. The Gilbert Road Extension, as discussed previously, will add two stations; the Northwest Extension Phase 2 will add three stations;[19] and the South Central Extension will add seven stations.[20] The other two extensions are still going through the station selection process. The Capitol/I-10 West Extension will add approximately ten new light rail stations,[21] while the West Phoenix/Central Glendale Extension will add approximately seven new light rail stations.[22] The Northeast Extension has not begun the planning process, and thus the number of stations have yet to be determined.[23] Valley Metro is also developing the Tempe Streetcar in downtown Tempe, which will have 14 stops along its 3-mile (4.8 km) alignment. Two of these stops will directly interface with the existing light rail stations at Mill Avenue/Third Street station and Dorsey/Apache Boulevard station.[24] After the completion of all of these extensions and the 50th St/Washington infill station, the Phoenix metropolitan area will have 63 miles (101 km) of light rail and over 65 separate light rail stations. As part of Phoenix's Proposition 104, various new extensions have been proposed, although none of these have been formally adopted by Valley Metro Rail's Board of Directors.[25] As of June 2017, the configuration of the entire system, including the number of distinct light rail services, has yet to be determined.

Stations
The new western terminus station at 19th Avenue/Dunlap station. This station provides an example of a side-running station where the whole platform is located on one side of the street.
The Central Avenue/Camelback station is an off-street side platform station that diagonally cuts part of a city block between Camelback Road and Central Avenue.
Van Buren/Central Avenue and Van Buren/1st Avenue station is a side platform split-station, with one platform located on Central Avenue and one platform on 1st Avenue.
The Veterans Way/College Avenue station is located in downtown Tempe near Arizona State University and hosts a large bus transit center.
The Center/Main Street is located in downtown Mesa adjacent to their City Hall complex and the Mesa Arts Center.
† Terminal station
Park and ride station
Transport hub
 →  Transfer to PHX Sky Train
Station[note 1] Extension City Opened Platform Type Ridership (FY 2016)[note 2][26] Coordinates Ref(s)
19th Avenue/Dunlap †  Northwest Phase I Phoenix Mar 19, 2016 Side 2,370 33°34′2.23″N 112°6′3.23″W [9][27]
Northern/19th Avenue Northwest Phase I Phoenix Mar 19, 2016 Island 985 33°33′7.8″N 112°5′58.79″W [9][27]
Glendale/19th Avenue Northwest Phase I Phoenix Mar 19, 2016 Island 1,278 33°32′14.52″N 112°5′59.03″W [9][27]
19th Avenue/Montebello   Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Island 3,310 33°31′13.35″N 112°5′59.35″W [4][28]
19th Avenue/Camelback  Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Island 2,099 33°30′33.54″N 112°5′56.18″W [4][28]
7th Avenue/Camelback Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Island 1,225 33°30′32.75″N 112°5′0.10″W [4][28]
Central Avenue/Camelback   Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Side 969 33°30′30.70″N 112°4′31.37″W [4][28]
Campbell/Central Avenue Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Island 1,110 33°30′4.14″N 112°4′25.93″W [4][28]
Indian School/Central Avenue Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Island 1,840 33°29′43.93″N 112°4′25.89″W [4][28]
Osborn/Central Avenue` Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Island 1,052 33°29′11.99″N 112°4′25.95″W [4][28]
Thomas/Central Avenue Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Island 1,717 33°28′51.68″N 112°4′25.79″W [4][28]
Encanto/Central Avenue Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Island 580 33°28′24.28″N 112°4′25.98″W [4][28]
McDowell/Central Avenue Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Island 1,967 33°27′52.59″N 112°4′25.86″W [4][28]
Roosevelt/Central Avenue Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Island 1,064 33°27′32.44″N 112°4′26.71″W [4][28]
Van Buren/1st Avenue [note 3] Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Side 1,395 33°27′6.87″N 112°4′30.12″W [4][28]
Van Buren/Central Avenue [note 3] Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Side 2,196 33°27′6.98″N 112°4′26.26″W [4][28]
Jefferson/1st Avenue[note 3] Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Side 931 33°26′51.91″N 112°4′30.83″W [4][28]
Washington/Central Avenue[note 3] Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Side 960 33°26′55.82″N 112°4′26.10″W [4][28]
3rd Street/Jefferson[note 3] Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Side 878 33°26′46.50″N 112°4′9.46″W [4][28]
3rd Street/Washington[note 3] Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Side 552 33°26′54.03″N 112°4′14.05″W [4][28]
12th Street/Jefferson[note 3] Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Side 314 33°26′49.90″N 112°3′20.65″W [4][28]
12th Street/Washington[note 3] Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Side 424 33°26′53.62″N 112°3′25.82″W [4][28]
24th Street/Jefferson[note 3] Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Side 599 33°26′49.98″N 112°1′45.32″W [4][28]
24th Street/Washington[note 3] Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Side 572 33°26′53.43″N 112°1′45.42″W [4][28]
38th Street/Washington  Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Island 830 33°26′52.38″N 111°59′59.83″W [4][28]
44th Street/Washington  →  Starter Line Phoenix Dec 27, 2008 Island 2,007 33°26′52.69″N 111°59′17.37″W [4][28]
50th Street/Washington Infill station Phoenix Apr 25, 2019 Island 33.446857°N 111.974813°W / 33.446857; -111.974813 (50th St/Washington station) [12][29]
Priest Drive/Washington Starter Line Tempe Dec 27, 2008 Island 1,101 33°26′30.57″N 111°57′22.32″W [4][28]
Center Parkway/Washington Starter Line Tempe Dec 27, 2008 Island 284 33°26′16.34″N 111°56′48.07″W [4][28]
Mill Avenue/Third Street Starter Line Tempe Dec 27, 2008 Side 1,342 33°25′38.30″N 111°56′26.54″W [4][28]
Veterans Way/College Avenue  Starter Line Tempe Dec 27, 2008 Side 1,974 33°25′33.33″N 111°56′9.91″W [4][28]
University Drive/Rural Starter Line Tempe Dec 27, 2008 Side 2,199 33°25′14.30″N 111°55′37.49″W [4][28]
Dorsey/Apache Boulevard  Starter Line Tempe Dec 27, 2008 Island 826 33°24′52.36″N 111°55′1.13″W [4][28]
McClintock/Apache Boulevard  Starter Line Tempe Dec 27, 2008 Island 1,586 33°24′52.33″N 111°54′30.02″W [4][28]
Smith–Martin/Apache Boulevard Starter Line Tempe Dec 27, 2008 Island 515 33°24′52.51″N 111°54′3.00″W [4][28]
Price–101 Freeway/Apache Boulevard  Starter Line Tempe Dec 27, 2008 Island 1,091 33°24′52.60″N 111°53′17.36″W [4][28]
Sycamore/Main Street   Starter Line Mesa Dec 27, 2008 Island 1,977 33°24′52.76″N 111°52′15.84″W [4][28]
Alma School/Main Street Central Mesa Mesa Aug 22, 2015 Island 1,074 33°24′53.09″N 111°51′20.42″W [8][30]
Country Club/Main Street Central Mesa Mesa Aug 22, 2015 Island 1,122 33°24′53.66″N 111°50′20.17″W [8][30]
Center/Main Street Central Mesa Mesa Aug 22, 2015 Island 438 33°24′53.62″N 111°49′51.06″W [8][30]
Mesa Drive/Main Street †  Central Mesa Mesa Aug 22, 2015 Island 2,332 33°24′53.58″N 111°49′20.47″W [8][30]
Stapley/Main Street Gilbert Road Mesa May 18, 2019 Island 33°24′54.04″N 111°48′21.20″W [10][11]
Gilbert Road/Main Street †   Gilbert Road Mesa May 18, 2019 Island 33°24′55.30″N 111°47′26.20″W [10][11]

Under construction
Station[note 1] Extension City Opening Platform Type Coordinates Ref(s)
Metrocenter †   Northwest Phase II Phoenix 2024
Mountain View/25th Avenue Northwest Phase II Phoenix 2024
25th Avenue/Dunlap Northwest Phase II Phoenix 2024
3rd Street Loop † South Central Phoenix 2024 Side
Downtown Hub South Central Phoenix 2024
Lincoln/1st Avenue[note 3] South Central Phoenix 2024 Side
Lincoln/Central Avenue[note 3] South Central Phoenix 2024 Side
Buckeye/Central Avenue South Central Phoenix 2024 Island
Pioneer/Central Avenue South Central Phoenix 2024 Island
Broadway/Central Avenue  South Central Phoenix 2024 Island
Roeser/Central Avenue South Central Phoenix 2024 Island
Southern/Central Avenue South Central Phoenix 2024 Island 33.391464°N 112.073318°W / 33.391464; -112.073318 (Southern Avenue/Central)
Baseline/Central Avenue †  South Central Phoenix 2024 Island 33.378757°N 112.073281°W / 33.378757; -112.073281 (Baseline/Central Avenue)

See also

Notes
  1. The stations are in order from the western terminus to the eastern terminus.
  2. Ridership is reported as average weekday boardings
  3. This station is a split platform that serves one-way traffic.

References
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