50th Street/Washington | |||||||||||
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| Valley Metro Rail light rail station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Washington Street and 50th Street, Phoenix, Arizona United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°26′49″N 111°58′29″W / 33.446857°N 111.974813°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Valley Metro | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Valley Metro Rail | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Valley Metro Bus: 1[1] | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible |  [2] | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | 18716 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | April 25, 2019 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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50th Street/Washington is a light rail station on the Valley Metro system in Phoenix, Arizona. It is between 44th Street/Washington and Center Pkwy/Washington stations.[3] The station was built as an infill project to serve the Ability360 recreation center and include disability-friendly features that go beyond federal requirements, such as a more gradual slope and wider platforms.[4]
The station opened on April 25, 2019, and cost $22.9 million using funds derived from a light rail initiative passed in 2015.[5]
References
- ↑ "Valley Metro Rail" (PDF). Valley Metro. October 28, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- ↑ "Accessibility". Valley Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
- ↑ "50th Street Station Project", Valley Metro Projects and Planning, Valley Metro Rail, retrieved April 30, 2016
- ↑ Goth, Brenna (September 28, 2016). "New $23 million Phoenix light-rail station to serve riders with disabilities". Arizona Republic. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
- ↑ Boehm, Jessica (April 24, 2019). "Phoenix opens new, accessible light rail station as movement to kill rail program heats up". Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
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