Attractions & Destinations

METRO will take you to many of the Valley’s major destinations, including a connection to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, downtown Phoenix and Tempe shopping districts, arts venues and museums, Chase Field, US Airways Center, ASU Sun Devil Stadium and major employment centers and educational institutions. Download the METRO Arts and Culture Ride Guide to find the light rail station nearest to 39 arts venues on the line.

METRO connects to Sky Harbor International Airport at the light rail station at 44th and Washington streets. From the METRO station, passengers cross the street heading south and board an airport shuttle bus until the airport builds its automated train system. Airport shuttle buses travel to all terminals and arrive every ten minutes.
Click on the map below to download the airport shuttle map[PDF format].
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The airport automated train is a driverless train that will run between the light rail station, east economy parking lot, airport terminals, and the new rental car facility. The automated train is scheduled to be connected to the light rail station by 2013.

Stage One of Sky Harbor’s automated train system will transport passengers between the light rail station and Terminal 4, which serves 80 percent of the airport’s passengers, and to the East Economy parking facility. Stage One completion is estimated for 2013.

Stage Two will connect Terminal Four to Terminal Three, a new terminal to replace Terminal Two and the Airport Rental Car Center. Development of Stage Two is set to begin in 2016 and to be operational by 2020. Sky Harbor automated trains will run 24 hours, seven-days per week, arriving at stations every two minutes during peak hours and getting most passengers to their destinations within five minutes after boarding. Baggage carts will be allowed on the trains, easing travel between airport facilities.

StationMajor nearby attraction
Montebello / 19th AvenueChristown Spectrum Mall Transit Center and Park-n-Ride
19th Avenue / CamelbackCamelback business complex Park-n-Ride location Phoenix Association of Realtors
19th Avenue / CamelbackCamelback business complex Park-n-Ride location
7th Avenue / CamelbackMelrose Shopping District
Central Avenue / CamelbackUptown Phoenix Park-n-Ride location
Indian School / Central AvenueCentral Ave employment district Steele Indian School Park
Osborn / Central AvenuePark Central Mall Uptown office complexes
Thomas / Central AvenueMidtown Phoenix offices St. Joseph’s Hospital and Barrow Neurological
Encanto / Central AvenueHeard Museum Historic residential area
McDowell / Central AvenuePhoenix Cultural District Phoenix Art Museum Burton Barr Library and Hance park
Roosevelt / Central AvenueArts District and Roosevelt Row Artisan Village & Portland Place Japanese Friendship Garden Irish Cultural Center Great Arizona Puppet Theater
Van Buren / Central Avenue and Van Buren / 1st AvenueASU downtown campus Downtown Phoenix Central Station transit center
Jefferson / 1st AvenueCity and county government buildings Dodge Theatre Orpheum Theatre
Washington / Central AvenueCity and county government buildings Phoenix Convention Center
3rd St / Washington 3rd St / JeffersonTheater District Arizona Science Center Ballpark station (WB) for Chase Field and US Airways Center Ballpark station (EB) for Chase Field and US Airways Center
12th Street / Washington 12th Street / JeffersonEastlake Park
24th Street / Washington 24th Street / JeffersonWashington Street businesses
38th Street / WashingtonGateway Community College Park-n-Ride location
44th Street / WashingtonChinese Cultural Center Pueblo Grande Museum
Mill Ave / Third StreetDowntown Tempe - Mill Avenue District, Tempe Town Lake
Veterans Way / College AvenueASU Sun Devil Stadium, Wells Fargo Arena, ASU Aquatic Center, and Tempe city government offices
University Drive / Rural RoadBiodesign Institute ASU Tempe campus Packard Stadium
Dorsey Lane / Apache BlvdHudson Park Park-n-ride location
McClintock Drive/Apache BoulevardPark-n-Ride location
Smith-Martin/Apache BoulevardPark-n-Ride location
Price-101 Freeway/Apache BoulevardPark-n-Ride location
Sycamore/Main StreetEast Valley Institute of Technology Tri-City Pavilions Park-n-Ride location