Mill Avenue/3rd Street station

Mill Ave/3rd St
Mill Ave/3rd St
	The station in November 2009
General information
Other names	Downtown Tempe/Town Lake
Location	Mill Avenue and 3rd Street; Tempe, Arizona
Owned by	Valley Metro
Operated by	Valley Metro Rail
Line	Tempe Streetcar
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Valley Metro Bus: Tempe Orbit Earth
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible
Other information
Station code	10021
History
Opened	December 27, 2008 (Valley Metro Rail); May 20, 2022 (Valley Metro Streetcar)
Services
Tempe Beach Park/Rio Salado Parkway One-way operation	5th Street/Ash Avenue toward Dorsey/Apache Boulevard
Location
Location

Last updated February 17, 2026

Mill Avenue/3rd Street station also known as Downtown Tempe/Town Lake, 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 adjacent to Third Street, immediately west of Mill Avenue.

As of the opening of the Valley Metro Streetcar line on May 20, 2022, it serves as one of two transfer stations between the Valley Metro Rail A Line and the Streetcar. The northbound streetcar station (3rd St/Mill Avenue) is to the west, while the southbound streetcar station (3rd St/Ash Avenue) is to the east.

Ridership

Weekday Rail Passengers^[2]
Year	In	Out	Average Daily In	Average Daily Out
2009	366,819	355,552	1,444	1,400
2010	294,376	311,821	1,164	1,232

Notable places nearby

Connections

Route number	Route name	North/east end		South/west end
48	48th Street	Mesa Riverview		Baseline Road/Priest Drive
62	Hardy Drive	Tempe Marketplace	Tempe Transportation Center (select weekday trips)	Guadalupe/Kyrene Road (select weekday trips)	IKEA Tempe
EART	Tempe Orbit Earth	Tempe Marketplace		Tempe Transportation Center

References

↑ "Valley Metro Rail" (PDF). Valley Metro. October 28, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
↑ "2010 Ridership by Station" (PDF). January 4, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2011.

External links

Valley Metro map

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[conn-1] "Valley Metro Rail" (PDF). Valley Metro. October 28, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2020.

[lr2010-2] "2010 Ridership by Station" (PDF). January 4, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2011.

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A Line	Downtown Phoenix Hub 3rd Street/Jefferson 3rd Street/Washington 12th Street/Jefferson 12th Street/Washington 24th Street/Jefferson 24th Street/Washington 38th Street/Washington 44th Street/Washington 50th Street/Washington Priest Drive/Washington Center Parkway/Washington Mill Avenue/3rd Street Veterans Way/College Avenue University Drive/Rural Dorsey/Apache Boulevard McClintock/Apache Boulevard Smith–Martin/Apache Boulevard Price–101 Freeway/Apache Boulevard Sycamore/Main Street Alma School/Main Street Country Club/Main Street Center/Main Street Mesa Drive/Main Street Stapley/Main Street Gilbert Road/Main Street
B Line	Metro Parkway Mountain View/25th Avenue 25th Avenue/Dunlap 19th Avenue/Dunlap Northern/19th Avenue Glendale/19th Avenue Montebello/19th Avenue 19th Avenue/Camelback 7th Avenue/Camelback Central Avenue/Camelback Campbell/Central Avenue Indian School/Central Avenue Osborn/Central Avenue Thomas/Central Avenue Encanto/Central Avenue McDowell/Central Avenue Roosevelt/Central Avenue Van Buren/1st Avenue Van Buren/Central Avenue Washington/Central Avenue Downtown Phoenix Hub Lincoln/1st Avenue Lincoln/Central Avenue Buckeye/Central Avenue Pioneer/Central Avenue Broadway/Central Avenue Roeser/Central Avenue Southern/Central Avenue Baseline/Central Avenue
List of Valley Metro Rail stations