University Drive/Rural station

University Dr/Rural
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″N111°55′37″W / 33.4207639°N 111.92694°W / 33.4207639; -111.92694
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 (2008-12-27)
Services
Preceding station Valley Metro Following station Veterans Way/College Avenue toward Downtown Phoenix Hub A Line Dorsey/Apache Boulevard toward Gilbert Road/Main Street
Location

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

Weekday Rail Passengers ^[4]

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

Valley Metro Bus	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
FlixBus	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
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

1. "Valley Metro Rail" (PDF). Valley Metro. October 28, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
2. Myrick, David F. (1975). Railroads of Arizona – Volume 1: The Southern Roads . Berkeley, California: Howell-North Books. pp.  535. ISBN   0-8310-7111-7.
3. Spirit of Inquiry – University/Rural Metro Station – Tempe AZ
4. "2010 Ridership by Station" (PDF). January 4, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2011.

External links

• Valley Metro map