Mill Avenue/Third Street station

Mill Ave/3rd St
Valley Metro Rail light rail and Tempe Streetcar station
File:Downtown Tempe METRO Station - 2009-11-13.jpg The station in November 2009
General information
Other names	Downtown Tempe/Town Lake
Location	Mill Avenue and 3rd Street Tempe, Arizona
Owned by	Valley Metro
Operated by	Valley Metro Rail
Line(s)	Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Line Tempe Streetcar
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus transport Valley Metro Bus: Tempe Orbit Earth
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Disabled access
Other information
Station code	10021
History
Opened	December 27, 2008 (2008-12-27) (Valley Metro Rail) May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20) (Tempe Streetcar)
Services
Preceding station File:Valley Metro logo simplified.svg Valley Metro Following station Center Parkway/ Washington towards Metro Parkway Valley Metro Rail Veterans Way/College Avenue towards Gilbert Road/Main Street Hayden Ferry/Rio Salado Parkway towards Marina Heights/Rio Salado Parkway Tempe Streetcar 6th Street/Mill Ave One-way operation Tempe Beach Park/Rio Salado Parkway One-way operation 5th Street/Ash Ave towards Dorsey/Apache Boulevard
Location

Mill Avenue/3rd Street (also known as Downtown Tempe/Town Lake) is a station on the Valley Metro Rail light rail line in Tempe, Arizona, United States. As of the opening of the Tempe Streetcar line on May 20, 2022, it serves as one of two transfer stations between the Valley Metro line and the Streetcar.

Ridership

Weekday Rail Passengers

Year	In	Out	Average Daily In	Average Daily Out
2009	366,819	355,552	1,444	1,400
2010	294,376	311,821	1,164	1,232

Notable places nearby

• Tempe Town Lake
• Tempe Depot
• Tempe Center for the Arts
• Tempe Butte / A Mountain

External links

• Valley Metro map