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. Two of these, Stapley/Main Street station and Gilbert Road/Main Street station, are part of the Gilbert Road Extension, which began service at May 2019. 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. 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. 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. The starter line provided service to 28 stations in total, which were primarily located on-street at the intersections of major arterial roads every 0.5 miles (0.80 km), although mid-block stations are common in areas of higher urban density. The starter line, which was funded through a combination of federal, regional and local municipal funds, operated from the 19th Avenue/Montebello station in Phoenix, through Tempe, serving the Arizona State University Tempe campus, and ended at the Sycamore/Main Street station in Mesa.
Valley Metro Rail opened its initial 20-mile (32 km) starter line on December 27, 2008. 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. The light rail system, which operates under the Valley Metro brand name, has 38 stations and 26 miles (42 km) of tracks within the cities of Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa. Valley Metro Rail is a light rail transit system that serves the Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona, United States.
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