Encanto/Central Avenue station explained

Encanto/Central Avenue
Other Name:Heard Museum
Style:Valley Metro
Style2:black
Type:Valley Metro Rail light rail station
Address:Central Avenue and Encanto Boulevard, Phoenix, Arizona
Country:United States
Owned:Valley Metro
Operator:Valley Metro Rail
Line:Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Line
Platforms:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Connections: Valley Metro Bus: 0[1]
Structure:At-grade
Accessible:[2]
Code:10009
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Zoom:15

Encanto/Central Avenue (also known as Heard Museum) is a light rail station on Valley Metro Rail in uptown Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is the ninth stop southbound and the twenty-first stop northbound on the initial 20 mile starter line. The station is located on Central Avenue north of Encanto Boulevard directly in front of the Tapestry on Central condominium complex. The Heard Museum is located across the street from this station.

Station art

The Central/Encanto station features art by Jamex & Einar de la Torre from San Diego, California.[3]

Ridership

Weekday Rail Passengers[4]
Year In Out Average Daily In Average Daily Out
2009 122,26116,284481458
2010 123,68122,184489483

Notable places nearby

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valley Metro Rail . October 28, 2019 . . April 5, 2020.
  2. Web site: Accessibility . . 2015 . September 14, 2015 . September 15, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150915062004/http://www.valleymetro.org/accessibility . dead .
  3. http://www.valleymetro.org/METRO_light_rail/How_to_Ride/Stations/Encanto%20and%20Central.htm, retrieved 8 December 2006
  4. Web site: 2010 Ridership by Station. January 4, 2011. 2011-09-28. 2012-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20120225220454/http://www.valleymetro.org/images/uploads/lightrail_publications/METRO-Weekday-Rail-Passengers-by-Station-2010.pdf. dead.