Light rail line connecting Phoenix and Mesa, Arizona
Valley Metro Rail
A first-generation Kinki Sharyo LRV
Overview
Owner
Valley Metro
Locale
Phoenix-Tempe-Mesa, Arizona, United States
Termini
Metro Parkway
Gilbert Road/Main Street
Stations
41 (List of stations)
Website
valleymetro.org/maps-schedules/rail
Service
Type
Light rail
System
Valley Metro Rail
Operator(s)
Alternate Concepts, Inc.
Rolling stock
Kinki Sharyo LF LRV
Siemens S700
Daily ridership
34,400 (weekdays, Q1 2024)[1]
Ridership
10,797,600 (2023)[2]
History
Opened
December 27, 2008; 15 years ago (2008-12-27)
Technical
Line length
29.8 mi (48 km)[3]
Number of tracks
2
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification
Overhead line, 750 V DC
Route map
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Legend
Metro Parkway
Mountain View/25th Avenue
25th Avenue/Dunlap
19th Avenue/Dunlap
Northern/19th Avenue
Glendale/19th Avenue
19th Avenue/Montebello
19th Avenue/Camelback
7th Avenue/Camelback
Central Avenue/Camelback
Campbell/Central Avenue
Indian School/Central Avenue
Osborn/Central Avenue
Thomas/Central Avenue
Encanto/Central Avenue
McDowell/Central Avenue
Roosevelt/Central Avenue
McKinley Loop
Van Buren/
1st Avenue
│
Van Buren/
Central Avenue
Jefferson/
1st Avenue
│
Washington/
Central Avenue
South Central Extension (2025)
3rd Street/
Jefferson
│
3rd Street/
Washington
5th Street Loop
12th Street/
Jefferson
│
12th Street/
Washington
24th Street/
Jefferson
│
24th Street/
Washington
38th Street/Washington
44th Street/Washington
PHX Sky Train
to Sky Harbor Airport
50th Street/Washington
Operations and Maintenance Center
Phoenix
Tempe
Priest Drive/Washington
Center Parkway/Washington
Tempe Town Lake
Tempe Streetcar
Mill Avenue/Third Street
Veterans Way/College Avenue
University Drive/Rural
Dorsey/Apache Boulevard
McClintock/Apache Boulevard
Smith–Martin/Apache Boulevard
Price–101 Freeway/Apache Boulevard
Tempe
Mesa
Sycamore/Main Street
Alma School/Main Street
Country Club/Main Street
Center/Main Street
Mesa Drive/Main Street
Stapley/Main Street
Gilbert Road/Main Street
All stations are accessible
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Valley Metro Rail (styled as METRO) is a 29.8-mile (48 km)[3] light rail system serving the cities of Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa in Arizona, USA. The network, which is part of the Valley Metro public transit system, began operations on December 27, 2008. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 10,797,600, or about 34,400 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2024.
In the years since it opened in 2008, the system has undergone six expansions (including the infill station at 50th Street/Washington and the Tempe Streetcar), with at least three more scheduled. Furthermore, extensions are underway into West Phoenix at Desert Sky Mall and to South Phoenix at Baseline Road, all of which were expanded as a direct result of obtaining funding under the Proposition 104 sales tax increase.
^"Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
^"Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^ ab"Light rail to reach eastern end of the line with opening of Mesa extension". azcentral. Archived from the original on February 20, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
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