Van Buren/1st Avenue and Van Buren/Central Avenue stations

Van Buren/1st Avenue station and Van Buren/Central Avenue station, also known as Central Station, is a pair of Valley Metro Rail stations in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona. Despite having at least four different names, it is all actually one facility, which serves as a stop for various city buses.

The rail station is the 17th stop westbound and the 12th stop eastbound on the initial line segment. The station is configured in an island platform design, with the southbound platform which is located on 1st Avenue at Van Buren Street and the northbound platform located on Central Avenue at Van Buren Street, approximately 400 ft apart from one another.

Ridership
Passenger counts shown here are the combined ridership from both the 1st Avenue and Central Avenue platforms.

Notable nearby places

 * Hotel San Carlos
 * Valley Youth Theatre
 * Herberger Theater Center
 * ASU Downtown Complex
 * Chase Tower
 * Freeport-McMoRan Center
 * Civic Space Park