Van Buren/1st Avenue and Van Buren/Central Avenue stations

Van Buren/Central Ave & Van Buren/1st Ave
Southbound platform at Central Station (a.k.a., Van Buren Street and Central Avenue and Van Buren Street and 1st Avenue) during the grand opening, December 27, 2008
Location Central Ave. and Van Buren St., Phoenix, AZ
Owned by Valley Metro
Line(s)
  Valley Metro Rail
Platforms Island platform
Construction
Parking no spaces
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened December 27, 2008
Services
Preceding station   VMR   Following station
Van Buren/Central Avenue
Valley Metro Rail
One-way operation
Van Buren/1st Avenue
One-way operation
Valley Metro Rail

Van Buren/Central Ave & Van Buren/1st Ave, also known as Central Station, is a Valley Metro Rail station which exists in Downtown Phoenix. Despite having at least four different names, it is all actually one facility, which serves as a stop for various city buses as well as the DASH circulator.

Valley Metro Rail

Photograph of the northbound platform, located about 400 east of the southbound platform pictured above. Visible in the background is the Westward Ho.

The rail station is the 17th stop westbound and the 12th stop eastbound on the initial line. The station is configured in an island platform design, with the southbound platform which is located on 1st Avenue at Van Buren Street and the northbound platform located on Central Avenue at Van Buren Street, approximately 400 feet apart from one another.

Ridership

Weekday Rail Passengers[1][2]
YearInOutAverage Daily InAverage Daily Out
2009487,617484,2261,9201,906
2010722,519699,6232,8552,765
2011846,556814,3853,3863,257
2012933,669891,8223,7343,567
2013927,532879,0093,7103,516
2014928,865880,2383,7153,520
2015911,971849,8423,6473,399

Passenger counts shown here are the combined ridership from both the 1st Avenue and Central Avenue platforms.

Bus connections

Local routes

  • 0 (Northbound buses board inside the station, southbound at 1st Avenue & Van Buren)
  • 1 (Both directions board on Van Buren & Central)
  • 3 (Both directions board on Van Buren & Central)
  • 7 (Both directions board on Van Buren & Central)
  • 8 (Both directions board inside Central Station)
  • 10 (Eastbound boards inside the station, westbound at 1st Avenue & Van Buren)
  • Grand Avenue Limited (Boards inside Central Station)

RAPID routes

  • I-17
  • I-10 East
  • SR-51
  • I-10 West

Express routes

  • 514
  • 520
  • 521
  • 522
  • 531
  • 533
  • 535
  • 541
  • 542
  • 562
  • 563
  • 571
  • 573
  • 575

Local area shuttle

  • DASH

Other transit agencies

  • Maricopa Xpress (MAX)

Notable nearby places

References

  1. ↑ "Valley Metro - Rail Ridership Reports". Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Weekday Rail Passengers by Station (FY2015)" (PDF). Retrieved 15 March 2016.

Coordinates: 33°27′6″N 112°4′28.50″W / 33.45167°N 112.0745833°W / 33.45167; -112.0745833

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.