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University Drive/Rural station
Metro light rail station in Tempe, Arizona / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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University Dr/Rural, also known as ASU Tempe Campus or simply University for the school and street, is a station on the Metro light rail line in Tempe, Arizona, United States. 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]
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University Dr/Rural | |||||||||||
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Valley Metro Rail light rail station | |||||||||||
![]() The station during its first day of service on December 27, 2008 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Other names | ASU Tempe Campus | ||||||||||
Location | Rural Road and Tyler Street, Tempe, Arizona United States | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°25′14.75″N 111°55′37″W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Valley Metro | ||||||||||
Operated by | Valley Metro Rail | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Accessible | ![]() | ||||||||||
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Station code | 10023 | ||||||||||
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Opened | December 27, 2008 (2008-12-27) | ||||||||||
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FlixBus boards from the north bay on the west side of the station.
The station features "The Spirit of Inquiry," a monumental spherical sculpture by Seattle artists Bill Will and Norie Sato.[3]