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Van Buren/Central Ave & Van Buren/1st Ave
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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
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| Location | Central Ave. and Van Buren St., Phoenix, AZ | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Valley Metro | ||||||||||||
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| Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | no spaces | ||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 27, 2008 | ||||||||||||
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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.
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.
Passenger counts shown here are the combined ridership from both the 1st Avenue and Central Avenue platforms.
Coordinates: 33°27′6″N 112°4′28.50″W / 33.45167°N 112.0745833°W