Valley Metro Rail
Light rail line connecting Phoenix and Mesa, Arizona / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 33,000 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023.
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.