Phoenix light rail cars will not be running north of McDowell tomorrow morning due to the P.F. Changs Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. I wanted to remind people and let you know that the following stations will be shut down until approximately 10:00 a.m. or until the race has cleared. · 19th Avenue/Camelback Road · 7th Avenue/Camelback Road […]
Hungry For Pizza? Here’s a Top 10 List of Pizzerias To Visit
At RailLife, we absolutely love pizza. If anyone could be called a connoisseur of pizza, it would be "Mr. Rail Life" himself. So, when I came across this list of the Top 10 Pizza Places in the area (from the Calendar section of the Arizona Republic) by Howard Seftel, Dining Critic, I felt compelled to share […]
Crust Italian American Fusion Now Offers Catering
Rail Life is all about building community. Our company was born on a foundation of team work and technology. That's why when an opportunity arises for us to meet the people who do business along the light rail line, we gladly help out. Whether it's an event, school or a restaurant, it is […]
Light Rail and Bus service affected by P.F. Chang’s Rock n Roll Marathon this Sunday!!
PHOENIX—Many bus routes in Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe and light rail service in Phoenix will be affected when the P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon rolls into town on Sunday, Jan. 18. The marathon begins at 15th Avenue and Washington Street in downtown Phoenix. The State Capitol area will be shut down at […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Just havin’ some fun!
It’s been an eventful 2 weeks since the grand opening of our light rail system. You might even say that I have been more than a little busy trying to keep up. When I first heard of Saturday’s “No Pants Day” I was pretty sure that Rail Life should probably just watch and report from a […]
FREE, Family Fun Weather Fest Today!
Are you looking for a FREE, family friendly, interactive event to do today? Then, you are sure to want to make your way to the nearest light rail station and head towards the Phoenix Convention Center (Third St & Washington, Phoenix light rail station). Today from 12 till 4pm, Weather Fest is taking place. […]
New 1st for Phoenix Light Rail – No Pants Day
It has been a pretty exciting around here in the short time since the shiny new 1.4 billion dollar light rail system rolled into town on December 27th. It was the first grand opening of it's kind in the valley; we have had the first Light Rail New Year's Eve, the first Light Rail crash, and […]
8th Annual Melrose on 7th Ave Street Fair
Mark your calendar now for the 8th Annual Melrose on 7th Ave Street Fair. The cool folks over at Seventh Avenue Merchants Association were kind enough to call Rail Life and give us the heads up about this year’s family friendly event. On March 7th from 11am to 5pm come out and enjoy live […]
Metro light rail – Growing pains in early days
The first week of service for our new light rail line went pretty well. Of course not everything was perfect, but I do think it has been a success so far. This past Thursday was the very first day of paid service for the new METRO Light Rail line in Phoenix, and it too had […]
Light Rail Travel Times – A work in progress
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 […]