The Downtown Phoenix Hub, also collectively known as Downtown Hub and City Hall, is a

light rail Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit that uses rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from ...

hub on the A and B lines of the

Valley Metro Rail Valley Metro Rail is a light rail system serving the Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona, USA. The network, which is part of the Valley Metro public transit system, began operations on December 27, 2008. In , the system had a ridership of , ...

system in

Downtown Phoenix Downtown Phoenix is the central business district (CBD) of the City of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is in the heart of the Phoenix metropolitan area or Valley of the Sun. Phoenix, being the county seat of Maricopa County, Arizona, ...

, Arizona. It is the western terminus of the A Line. The hub is located at the block formed by Central Avenue, 1st Avenue, Jefferson Street, and Washington Street. It comprises four one-way platforms: the northbound B Line platform on Central Avenue, the southbound B Line platform on 1st Avenue, the eastbound A Line platform on Jefferson Street, and the terminating westbound A Line platform on Washington Street. The hub serves riders as the transfer point between the A and B lines. A fifth platform at Washington/Central Avenue station just north of the hub is only used for early morning northbound trips on the B Line. When opened in 2008, the two platforms at Jefferson/1st Avenue and Washington/Central Avenue were paired as the Downtown Phoenix stations of the light rail starter system. When the South Central Extension opened on June 7, 2025, Valley Metro introduced a new two-line system with the A Line and the B Line with an expanded and rebuilt hub. New platforms were constructed on Central Avenue, Jefferson Street, and Washington Street. The pre-existing platform at Jefferson/1st Avenue was integrated into the new hub, while the pre-existing Washington/Central Avenue platform on the northwestern side of that intersection was relegated to use only during early mornings. The A Line runs from the Downtown Phoenix Hub to Gilbert Road/Main Street. The B Line runs from Metro Parkway to Baseline/Central Avenue.

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Phoenix City Hall Phoenix City Hall is the center of government for the city of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Background Located in Downtown Phoenix, the 20-floor, 368-foot (112-meter) building was designed by architect, architectural firm Langdon Wilson. Con ...

Cityscape In the visual arts, a cityscape (urban landscape) is an artistic representation, such as a painting, drawing, print or photograph, of the physical aspects of a city or urban area. It is the urban equivalent of a landscape. ''Townscape'' is ...

* Orpheum Theatre * Arizona Financial Theatre * Phoenix Union Station

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Valley Metro map

(nearby) {{Valley Metro Rail stations navbox A Line (Valley Metro Rail) stations B Line (Valley Metro Rail) stations Valley Metro Rail stations Valley Metro Rail stations in Phoenix, Arizona Railway stations in the United States opened in 2008 2008 establishments in Arizona Railway stations in the United States opened in 2025 2025 establishments in Arizona