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METRO To Provide Real-Time Information?

June 3, 2011 by Rail Life 1 Comment

By and far, we are pretty darn positive around here when it comes to our friends at METRO light rail. The trains are nice, the service is reliable, and the benefits to our region have been many. If I were to pick a topic that seemed to annoy people about the Phoenix light rail system, […]

Filed Under: Light Rail Travel Times Tagged With: gps, Metro Light Rail, Phoenix Light Rail, Rail Life, urban living

METRO Running Holiday Schedule For Memorial Day

May 29, 2011 by Rail Life Leave a Comment

Just a reminder for people heading out and about this Memorial Day. METRO will be running a holiday schedule where holiday “trains arrive every 20 minutes.” The weather should be awesome so it won’t be as bad as waiting for a Sunday train in August but you might want to plan for a little extra […]

Filed Under: Light Rail Travel Times Tagged With: Light Rail hours, Memorial Day, Metro Light Rail, Rail Life

Metro Service Changes Coming – Here’s The Scoop

January 6, 2011 by Rail Life Leave a Comment

New Transit Book Provides Details for January 24 Service Changes Go online now for latest update: Phoenix, AZ (Jan. 6, 2011) Transit passengers should check with Valley Metro before making any trips on Monday, January 24. “There are several good ways to check on your bus or light rail schedule: website, Transit Book, mobile phone […]

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METRO Light Rail Service Changes Begin Monday!

July 21, 2010 by Rail Life Leave a Comment

Weekday service frequencies will change Monday, July 26 METRO light rail will undergo service changes in fiscal year 2010-2011 as an unfortunate result of the slow economy and substantial decrease in sales tax collections that support public services like transit.  Specifically, on Monday, July 26, the service reductions will take effect in conjunction with Valley […]

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Light Rail Delays Can Be Good

March 19, 2010 by Nick Bastian Leave a Comment

We get caught up in our own little worlds and sometimes forget to check things before making assumptions. I learned this lesson the hard way recently. ( probably not for the first time ) As I was heading from Tempe to the Phoenix Public Market with friends the other day, the train stopped at the […]

Filed Under: Light Rail Travel Times, Phoenix Light Rail, Tempe Light Rail Tagged With: Metro Light Rail, Phoenix Light Rail, Rail Life, Tempe Light Rail

Taking Light Rail to Sky Harbor Airport – A real life example:

December 7, 2009 by Nick Bastian 2 Comments

Since I began writing this blog, I have met a LOT of really cool people. Wayne Turner is one of those guys. Recently, we were talking about taking the light rail to Sky Harbor Airport and about the new Sky Train system that is coming. As a business traveler and downtown resident, Wayne will get […]

Filed Under: Light Rail, Light Rail Travel Times, Phoenix Light Rail Tagged With: Metro Light Rail, Phoenix Light Rail, Sky Harbor Airport, Sky Train

Light Rail travel times – un-official numbers

February 16, 2009 by Rail Life 3 Comments

We get calls and emails about the light rail schedules and travel times quite often. I believe the timing varies slightly depending on driver, passenger loads and even time of day. My last travel time update was pretty consistent with my most recent one. Today, I traveled the entire route, from the Sycamore and Main Street station to […]

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Light Rail Travel Times – A work in progress

January 2, 2009 by Rail Life 11 Comments

A 20 mile light rail trip should eventually take about an hour. A while back, we posted some information from Metro concerning travel times between a few destinations along the route. This morning, I was reading some "Twitter" updates and saw that my good friend Calie was going to take a "quick trip" via light […]

Filed Under: Light Rail Travel Times, Phoenix Light Rail Tagged With: Mesa Light Rail, Phoenix Light Rail, Rail Life, Tempe Light Rail, travel times

AZ Light Rail travel times

August 21, 2008 by Rail Life 4 Comments

We get a lot of questions on how light rail will operate. Many of these questions have to do with navigating the light rail line and how long it will take to get from point a to point b. Here is a little bit of info as provided by Metro. If you want to travel […]

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