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

{{Short description|Light rail station in Phoenix, Arizona}}

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{{primary sources|date=July 2023}}

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{{Infobox station

| name = Van Buren/1st Ave
Van Buren/Central Ave

| other_name = Central Station, ASU Phoenix Campus

| style = Valley Metro|style2=black

| type = Valley Metro Rail light rail station

| image = METRO Light Rail ASU-Downtown Campus Southbound Station.jpg

| alt =

| caption = The southbound platform in December 2008

| address = Van Buren Street and 1st Avenue
Van Buren Street and Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{Coord|33|27|6|N|112|4|28.50|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-AZ|display=inline,title}}

| owned = Valley Metro

| operator = Valley Metro Rail

| line = Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Line

| platforms = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| connections = {{bus icon}} Valley Metro Bus: 0, 1, 3, 7, 8, 10, Downtown Phoenix Dash, Grand Avenue Limited, 514, 520, 521, 522, 531, 533, 535, 541, 542, 562, 563, 571, 573, 575, I-10 East RAPID, I-10 West RAPID, I-17 RAPID, South Mountain East RAPID{{cite web |url=https://www.valleymetro.org/sites/default/files/brochure/rail.pdf |title=Valley Metro Rail |date=October 28, 2019 |publisher=Valley Metro |access-date=April 5, 2020}}

| structure = At-grade

| parking =

| bicycle =

| accessible = {{access icon}}

| code = [https://www.valleymetro.org/maps-schedules/rail/10012 10012], [https://www.valleymetro.org/maps-schedules/rail/10033 10033]

| website =

| opened = {{Start date|2008|12|27}}

| electrified =

| closed =

| passengers =

| pass_year =

| pass_rank =

| services = {{Adjacent stations

|system1=Valley Metro|note-row1=Van Buren/Central Avenue

|line2=Valley Metro Rail|left2=Roosevelt/Central Avenue|right2=Washington/Central Avenue|oneway-right2=yes

|note-row3=Van Buren/1st Avenue

|line4=Valley Metro Rail|left4=Roosevelt/Central Avenue|right4=Jefferson/1st Avenue|oneway-left4=yes

}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color=#{{rcr|Valley Metro|Valley Metro Rail}} |zoom=15 }}

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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 {{convert|400|ft}} apart from one another.