Gilbert Road/Main Street station

Gilbert Rd/Main St
Gilbert Rd/Main St
General information
Location	Main Street and Gilbert Road, Mesa, Arizona; United States
Coordinates	33°24′55″N 111°47′15″W / 33.41537°N 111.78762°W
Owner	Valley Metro
Operator	Valley Metro Rail & Streetcar
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Valley Metro Bus: 40, 45, 136
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	18178
History
Opened	May 18, 2019
Services
Location
Location

Gilbert Road/Main Street station is a light rail station in Mesa, Arizona, on the A Line of the Valley Metro Rail & Streetcar system serving Phoenix and surrounding areas. It opened to revenue service on May 18, 2019, becoming the new terminus of the light rail line. It is the eastern terminus of the A Line. The station consists of one island platform in the median of Main Street to the west of Gilbert Road with both tracks serving westbound trains. The station has a park-and-ride facility and a bus station that is served by local routes.

The two-station 1.9-mile (3.1 km) Gilbert Road Extension began construction in November 2016 and was expected to cost $184 million.

Nearby points of interest

Consolidated Canal/Maricopa Trail

Connections

Route number	Route name	North/east end	South/west end
40	Main Street	Superstition Springs Transit Center	Sycamore/Main Street Transit Center	Terminus (select weekday trips)
45	Broadway Road	Superstition Springs Transit Center	19th Avenue/Broadway Road
136	Gilbert Road	Gilbert Road/McDowell Road Park-and-Ride	Gilbert Road/Insight Way/Ryan Road		Gilbert Road/Chandler Boulevard (select weekday trips)

References

↑ "Valley Metro Rail" (PDF). Valley Metro. October 28, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
↑ "Gilbert Road Extension (Fact Sheet, Q3 2017)" (PDF). Valley Metro Rail. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
↑ "Celebrate with us on May 18! Two more miles of light rail open in Mesa. | Valley Metro". www.valleymetro.org. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
↑ "66 tons of water donated from light rail testing" (Press release). Valley Metro. April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
↑ Coppola, Chris (November 29, 2016). "Construction starts on Mesa light-rail extension to Gilbert Road". Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
↑ Ridenour, Shelley (August 19, 2015). "New light rail section unique to Mesa". The East Valley Tribune. Tempe, Az. Retrieved July 1, 2016.

[conn-1] "Valley Metro Rail" (PDF). Valley Metro. October 28, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2020.

[2] "Gilbert Road Extension (Fact Sheet, Q3 2017)" (PDF). Valley Metro Rail. Retrieved October 5, 2017.

[3] "Celebrate with us on May 18! Two more miles of light rail open in Mesa. | Valley Metro". www.valleymetro.org. Retrieved May 20, 2019.

[4] "66 tons of water donated from light rail testing" (Press release). Valley Metro. April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.

[5] Coppola, Chris (November 29, 2016). "Construction starts on Mesa light-rail extension to Gilbert Road". Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 26, 2019.

[GRE_EVT-6] Ridenour, Shelley (August 19, 2015). "New light rail section unique to Mesa". The East Valley Tribune. Tempe, Az. Retrieved July 1, 2016.

v t e Valley Metro
Rail & Streetcar	A Line B Line S Line
Bus	Bus routes
Stations	List of Valley Metro Rail & Streetcar stations
Completed projects	Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Line (2008) Central Mesa Extension (2015) Northwest Extension Phase I (2016) Gilbert Road Extension (2019) Streetcar (2022) Northwest Extension Phase II (2024) South Central Extension (2025)
Under construction or proposed projects	Rio East–Dobson Streetcar Extension (2029) West Phoenix Extension (2037) Northeast Extension (2044) Capitol Extension I-10 West Extension
Fares	Copper Card
History	Phoenix Street Railway Salt River Valley Electric Railway
Miscellaneous	Proposed commuter rail independent of Valley Metro

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A Line	Downtown Phoenix Hub 3rd Street/Jefferson 3rd Street/Washington 12th Street/Jefferson 12th Street/Washington 24th Street/Jefferson 24th Street/Washington 38th Street/Washington 44th Street/Washington 50th Street/Washington Priest Drive/Washington Center Parkway/Washington Mill Avenue/3rd Street Veterans Way/College Avenue University Drive/Rural Dorsey/Apache Boulevard McClintock/Apache Boulevard Smith–Martin/Apache Boulevard Price–101 Freeway/Apache Boulevard Sycamore/Main Street Alma School/Main Street Country Club/Main Street Center/Main Street Mesa Drive/Main Street Stapley/Main Street Gilbert Road/Main Street
B Line	Metro Parkway Mountain View/25th Avenue 25th Avenue/Dunlap 19th Avenue/Dunlap Northern/19th Avenue Glendale/19th Avenue Montebello/19th Avenue 19th Avenue/Camelback 7th Avenue/Camelback Central Avenue/Camelback Campbell/Central Avenue Indian School/Central Avenue Osborn/Central Avenue Thomas/Central Avenue Encanto/Central Avenue McDowell/Central Avenue Roosevelt/Central Avenue Van Buren/1st Avenue Van Buren/Central Avenue Washington/Central Avenue Downtown Phoenix Hub Lincoln/1st Avenue Lincoln/Central Avenue Buckeye/Central Avenue Pioneer/Central Avenue Broadway/Central Avenue Roeser/Central Avenue Southern/Central Avenue Baseline/Central Avenue
S Line	Marina Heights/Rio Salado Parkway Hayden Ferry/Rio Salado Parkway Tempe Beach Park/Rio Salado Parkway 3rd Street/Mill Avenue 3rd Street/Ash Avenue 5th Street/Ash Avenue 6th Street/Mill Avenue University Drive/Ash Avenue 9th Street/Mill Avenue 11th Street/Mill Avenue College Avenue/Apache Boulevard Paseo del Saber/Apache Boulevard Rural/Apache Boulevard Dorsey/Apache Boulevard
List of Valley Metro Rail & Streetcar stations