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 50 stations and two light rail rails, covering of tracks within the cities of Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa. The system serves on average over 49,400 weekday riders as of 2016, making it one of the busiest light rail systems in the United States.
Valley Metro Rail opened its initial starter line on December 27, 2008. The starter line, which was funded through a combination of federal, regional and local municipal funds, operated from the Montebello/19th Avenue station in Phoenix, through Tempe, serving the Arizona State University Tempe campus, and ended at the Sycamore/Main Street station in Mesa. The starter line provided service to 28 stations in total, which were primarily located on-street at the intersections of major arterial roads every, 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. 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. 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.
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 on May 18, 2019. 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. 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.
Three new stations opened on 2024. The Metro Parkway station, Mountain View/25th Avenue station, 25th Avenue/Dunlap station are part of the Northwest Extension Phase II, which began service on January 27, 2024. The Metro Parkway station is also the first elevated station in the system.
Each light rail station is approximately long, which allows up to three separate light rail vehicles to be linked into one train. 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. Five of the stations have associated transit centers for transferring between light rail and buses. 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.
Valley Metro is currently in various phases of planning and development on two light rail extensions. Combined, these extensions will expand the light rail system by by the year 2030. Two of these extensions have completed a sufficient amount of planning to determine the number of stations they will include. The South Central Extension will add eight stations. The other two extensions are still going through the station selection process. The Capitol Extension will add approximately two new light rail stations. The I-10 West Extension will add 8 new stations. The West Phoenix Extension is in the planning process, and thus the number of stations have yet to be determined. The Northeast Extension has not begun the planning process, and thus the number of stations have yet to be determined. Valley Metro also completed the Tempe Streetcar in downtown Tempe, which has 14 stops along its alignment. Two of these stops directly interface with the existing light rail stations at Mill Avenue/3rd Street station and Dorsey/Apache Boulevard station. After the completion of all of these extensions and the 50th St/Washington infill station, the Phoenix metropolitan area will have 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.

System

The system has 50 stations serving its two lines.

Lines

There are two Valley Metro Rail lines, each of which is associated with a letter.
NameStationsTerminiOpeningNewest extension
A Line23Downtown Phoenix Hub
Gilbert Road/Main Street 		20082025
B Line27Metro Parkway
Baseline/Central Avenue 		20082025

Stations

†Terminal station
*Transfer station
Park and ride station
Transport hub
Bike rack station
→ Transfer to PHX Sky Train
Transfer to Valley Metro Streetcar

StationLineCityCharacter Area/Travel Sheds/Urban VillageOpenedPlatform TypeRidership CoordinatesRef
3rd Street/Jefferson A LinePhoenixCentral CitySide396
3rd Street/Washington A LinePhoenixCentral CitySide278
7th Avenue/Camelback B LinePhoenixAlhambraIsland399
12th Street/Jefferson A LinePhoenixCentral CitySide157
12th Street/Washington A LinePhoenixCentral CitySide136
19th Avenue/Camelback B LinePhoenixAlhambraIsland693
19th Avenue/Dunlap B LinePhoenixNorth MountainIsland1,465
24th Street/Jefferson A LinePhoenixCentral CitySide218
24th Street/Washington A LinePhoenixCentral CitySide237
B LinePhoenixNorth MountainJanuary 27, 2024Island
38th Street/Washington A LinePhoenixCentral CityIsland327
44th Street/Washington → A LinePhoenixCamelback EastIsland903
50th Street/Washington A LinePhoenixCamelback EastIsland217
Alma School/Main Street A LineMesaDowntownIsland581
† B LinePhoenixSouth MountainJune 7, 2025Island
B LinePhoenixSouth MountainJune 7, 2025Island
B LinePhoenixCentral CityJune 7, 2025Island
Campbell/Central Avenue B LinePhoenixEncantoIsland257
Center Parkway/Washington A LineTempeNorth TempeIsland138
Center/Main Street A LineMesaDowntownIsland217
Central Avenue/Camelback B LinePhoenixAlhambraSide313
Country Club/Main Street A LineMesaDowntownIsland558
Dorsey/Apache Boulevard A LineTempeApacheIsland346
Downtown Phoenix Hub †* A Line
B Line		PhoenixCentral CityJune 7, 2025Side
Encanto/Central Avenue B LinePhoenixEncantoIsland200
Gilbert Road/Main Street † A LineMesaDowntownIsland1,261
Glendale/19th Avenue B LinePhoenixAlhambraIsland592
Indian School/Central Avenue B LinePhoenixEncantoIsland543
Lincoln/1st Avenue B LinePhoenixCentral CityJune 7, 2025Side
Lincoln/Central Avenue B LinePhoenixCentral CityJune 7, 2025Side
McClintock/Apache Boulevard A LineTempeApacheIsland541
McDowell/Central Avenue B LinePhoenixCentral CityIsland568
Mesa Drive/Main Street A LineMesaDowntownIsland354
† B LinePhoenixNorth MountainJanuary 27, 2024Island
Mill Avenue/3rd Street A LineTempeRio SaladoSide494
Montebello/19th Avenue B LinePhoenixAlhambraIsland740
B LinePhoenixNorth MountainJanuary 27, 2024Island
Northern/19th Avenue B LinePhoenixAlhambraIsland469
Osborn/Central Avenue B LinePhoenixEncantoIsland359
B LinePhoenixSouth MountainJune 7, 2025Island
Price–101 Freeway/Apache Boulevard A LineTempeApacheIsland326
Priest Drive/Washington A LineTempeNorth TempeIsland443
B LinePhoenixSouth MountainJune 7, 2025Island
Roosevelt/Central Avenue B LinePhoenixCentral CityIsland436
Smith–Martin/Apache Boulevard A LineTempeApacheIsland229
B LinePhoenixSouth MountainJune 7, 2025Island
Stapley/Main Street A LineMesaDowntownIsland273
Sycamore/Main Street A LineMesaDowntownIsland581
Thomas/Central Avenue B LinePhoenixEncantoIsland633
University Drive/Rural A LineTempeRio SaladoSide547
Van Buren/1st Avenue B LinePhoenixCentral CitySide371
Van Buren/Central Avenue B LinePhoenixCentral CitySide589
Veterans Way/College Avenue A LineTempeRio SaladoSide541
Washington/Central Avenue B LinePhoenixCentral CitySide470