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EspañolMETRO LIGHT RAIL (PHOENIX)
(Redirected from Valley Metro Rail (Phoenix))
'METRO Light Rail' will be a light rail system serving the Phoenix metropolitan area. The 20-mile starter segment is expected to be completed in December 2008[1]. It is part of the Valley Metro public transit system.
There are twenty-seven stations on the initial twenty-mile starter segment due to open on 26 December 2008. The stations listed here are listed as one would travel south (or in some cases, east) in the system.
The stations will be designed to complement their immediate surrounding. The station platform area will be approximately 16 feet wide (4.88 m) by 300 feet long (91.44 m).
★ Phoenix Spectrum Mall (19th Avenue at Montebello Avenue) (terminus)
★ 19th Avenue at Camelback Road
★ Camelback Road at 7th Avenue
''Entering Uptown Phoenix''
★ Camelback Road at Central Avenue
★ Central Avenue at Campbell Avenue
★ Central Avenue at Indian School Road
★ Central Avenue at Osborn Road
★ Central Avenue at Thomas Road
★ Central Avenue at Encanto Boulevard
★ Central Avenue at McDowell Road
''Entering Downtown Phoenix''
★ Central Avenue at Roosevelt Street
★ Phoenix Central Station (Central/1st Avenue at Van Buren Street)
★ 1st Avenue at Jefferson Street (southbound) and Central Avenue at Washington Street (northbound)
★ Jefferson Street (eastbound) and Washington Street (westbound) at 3rd Street
''Washington Street Corridor''
★ Jefferson Street (eastbound) and Washington Street (westbound) at 12th Street
★ Jefferson Street (eastbound) and Washington Street (westbound) at 24th Street
★ Washington Street at 38th Street
★ Washington Street at 44th Street
★ Washington Street at Priest Drive
''Crossing the Tempe Town Lake Bridge and entering Tempe''
★ 3rd Street at Mill Avenue
★ 5th Street at College Avenue
★ University Drive at Rural Road
★ Apache Boulevard at Dorsey Lane
★ Apache Boulevard at McClintock Drive
★ Apache Boulevard at Smith and Martin Roads
★ Apache Boulevard at the Price Freeway
''Entering Mesa''
★ Main Street at Sycamore (terminus)
The Valley Metro Rail ''Northwest Extension'' is one of the first extensions to have started final design. Engineering has already begun on this 4-mile extension from the Phoenix Spectrum Mall station. Utility relocation, right-of-way acquisition, and construction will be from 2007-2011. Valley Metro hopes to have this extension ready by late 2012.[2]
★ METRO Light Rail official website
★ Article on Valley Metro Rail and preemptive urban revitalization
1. http://www.valleymetro.org/METRO_light_rail/Construction_&_Traffic/Construction_Schedule/index.htm, retrieved 8 December 2006
2. http://www.valleymetro.org/METRO_light_rail/Downloads/Publications/Fact%20Sheets/NW%20Extension%20factsht.pdf, retrieved 8 December 2006.
'METRO Light Rail' will be a light rail system serving the Phoenix metropolitan area. The 20-mile starter segment is expected to be completed in December 2008[1]. It is part of the Valley Metro public transit system.
| Contents |
| Station platforms |
| Northwest Extension |
| External Links |
| References |
Station platforms
There are twenty-seven stations on the initial twenty-mile starter segment due to open on 26 December 2008. The stations listed here are listed as one would travel south (or in some cases, east) in the system.
The stations will be designed to complement their immediate surrounding. The station platform area will be approximately 16 feet wide (4.88 m) by 300 feet long (91.44 m).
★ Phoenix Spectrum Mall (19th Avenue at Montebello Avenue) (terminus)
★ 19th Avenue at Camelback Road
★ Camelback Road at 7th Avenue
''Entering Uptown Phoenix''
★ Camelback Road at Central Avenue
★ Central Avenue at Campbell Avenue
★ Central Avenue at Indian School Road
★ Central Avenue at Osborn Road
★ Central Avenue at Thomas Road
★ Central Avenue at Encanto Boulevard
★ Central Avenue at McDowell Road
''Entering Downtown Phoenix''
★ Central Avenue at Roosevelt Street
★ Phoenix Central Station (Central/1st Avenue at Van Buren Street)
★ 1st Avenue at Jefferson Street (southbound) and Central Avenue at Washington Street (northbound)
★ Jefferson Street (eastbound) and Washington Street (westbound) at 3rd Street
''Washington Street Corridor''
★ Jefferson Street (eastbound) and Washington Street (westbound) at 12th Street
★ Jefferson Street (eastbound) and Washington Street (westbound) at 24th Street
★ Washington Street at 38th Street
★ Washington Street at 44th Street
★ Washington Street at Priest Drive
''Crossing the Tempe Town Lake Bridge and entering Tempe''
★ 3rd Street at Mill Avenue
★ 5th Street at College Avenue
★ University Drive at Rural Road
★ Apache Boulevard at Dorsey Lane
★ Apache Boulevard at McClintock Drive
★ Apache Boulevard at Smith and Martin Roads
★ Apache Boulevard at the Price Freeway
''Entering Mesa''
★ Main Street at Sycamore (terminus)
Northwest Extension
The Valley Metro Rail ''Northwest Extension'' is one of the first extensions to have started final design. Engineering has already begun on this 4-mile extension from the Phoenix Spectrum Mall station. Utility relocation, right-of-way acquisition, and construction will be from 2007-2011. Valley Metro hopes to have this extension ready by late 2012.[2]
External Links
★ METRO Light Rail official website
★ Article on Valley Metro Rail and preemptive urban revitalization
References
1. http://www.valleymetro.org/METRO_light_rail/Construction_&_Traffic/Construction_Schedule/index.htm, retrieved 8 December 2006
2. http://www.valleymetro.org/METRO_light_rail/Downloads/Publications/Fact%20Sheets/NW%20Extension%20factsht.pdf, retrieved 8 December 2006.
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