University Drive/Rural station
The station during its first day of service on December 27, 2008 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Other names | ASU Earth/Space/Life Center | ||||||||||
| Location | Rural Road and Tyler Street, Tempe, Arizona United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°25′14.75″N 111°55′37″W / 33.4207639°N 111.92694°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Valley Metro | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Valley Metro Rail | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Valley Metro Bus: 30, 62, 72, Tempe Orbit Mars, Tempe Orbit Mercury, Tempe Flash[1] FlixBus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | |||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | 10023 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 27, 2008 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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University Drive/Rural station, also known as ASU Earth/Space/Life Center, is a station on the A Line of the Valley Metro Rail system in Tempe, Arizona, United States. The station consists of two side platforms on the northeastern edge of the campus of Arizona State University. The station is not actually at the intersection of its named streets, sitting some distance south of University Drive, with the platforms running northwest from Rural Road along the former alignment of the Phoenix and Eastern Railroad.[2]
A transit center is located to the west of the station, with connections to three Tempe Orbit bus lines, the ASU Tempe-Polytechnic campus shuttle for ASU students, and the Tucson-Phoenix-Flagstaff FlixBus line.
The station features "The Spirit of Inquiry," a monumental spherical sculpture by Seattle artists Bill Will and Norie Sato.[3]
Ridership
| Year | In | Out | Average Daily In | Average Daily Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 532,64 | 522,842 | 2,097 | 2,058 |
| 2010 | 654,09 | 667,599 | 2,585 | 2,639 |
Notable places nearby
- Arizona State University Tempe campus
- Gallery of Scientific Exploration
- Marston Exploration Theater
- Mullett Arena
Connections
| Route number | Route name | North/east end | South/west end | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | University Drive | University Drive/Power Road | University Drive/Price Road (select weekday trips) | South Mountain Community College (select weekday trips) | 24th Street/Baseline Park-and-Ride | |
| 62 | Hardy Drive | Tempe Marketplace | Tempe Transportation Center (select weekday trips) | Guadalupe/Kyrene Road (select weekday trips) | IKEA Tempe | |
| 72 | Scottsdale Road/Rural Road | Thompson Peak Medical Center | Terminus (select trips) | Ray Road/Rural Road (select trips) | Chandler Fashion Center | |
| FLSH | Tempe FLASH | ASU - Lot 59 | Forest Avenue/Gammage Parkway | |||
| MARS | Orbit MARS | Tempe Transportation Center | Dorsey Lane/Broadway Road (select weekday trips) | Southern Avenue/Evergreen Road | ||
| MERC | Orbit MERCURY | Tempe Transportation Center | McClintock Drive/8th Street (select weekday trips) | Escalante Center | ||
| Route number | Route name | North/east end | South/west end | |||
| 2040 | Las Vegas-Phoenix-Tucson | Las Vegas Strip | University of Arizona | |||
| 2042 | Phoenix-Tucson | Terminus | Tucson (East) bus station | |||
| 2047 | Tucson-Phoenix-Flagstaff | Flagstaff station | University of Arizona | |||
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Arizona State University Campus Shuttle |
Route number | Route name | North/east end | South/west end | ||
| GOLD | Polytechnic-Tempe | Forest Avenue/Lemon Street | ASU Polytechnic campus | |||
References
- ^ "Valley Metro Rail" (PDF). Valley Metro. October 28, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- ^ Myrick, David F. (1975). Railroads of Arizona – Volume 1: The Southern Roads. Berkeley, California: Howell-North Books. pp. 535. ISBN 0-8310-7111-7.
- ^ Spirit of Inquiry – University/Rural Metro Station – Tempe AZ
- ^ "2010 Ridership by Station" (PDF). January 4, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2011.