page_title: Valley Metro Rail
section_title: Future extensions and improvements
hierarchical_section_title: Valley Metro Rail / Future extensions and improvements
caption_attribution_description: English: Phoenix Light Rail in front of Convention Center
context_page_description: Valley Metro Rail is a 28.2-mile light rail line serving the cities of Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa in Arizona, USA. The network, which is part of the Valley Metro public transit system, began operations on December 27, 2008. The line carried 49,416 passengers per day in 2016, making it the 14th busiest light rail system in the country.
  In the years since it opened in 2008, the system has undergone two expansions, with at least five more scheduled, including the Tempe Streetcar. Furthermore, extensions are planned into West Phoenix and South Phoenix to Baseline Road, all of which were expanded as a direct result of obtaining funding under the Proposition 104 sales tax increase.
caption: Phoenix light rail outside the Phoenix Convention Center, 2009
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