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Sun Link

Sun Link
Sun Link logo.svg
Tucson Sun Link streetcar at 5th & Congress (2014).jpg
Overview
Type Streetcar
Status Operational
Locale Tucson, Arizona, United States
Termini Arizona Health Sciences Center
Mercado District
Stations 21 (17 per direction)
Daily ridership 4,000
Website sunlinkstreetcar.com
Operation
Opened July 25, 2014
Owner City of Tucson
Operator(s) RATP Dev McDonald Transit
Rolling stock United Streetcar 200 (8 cars)
Technical
Line length 3.9 miles (6.3 km)
Route diagram
Helen & Warren
Speedway Blvd.
2nd St. & Cherry
2nd St. & Highland
2nd St. & Olive
University & Tyndall
University & 3rd Ave.
4th Ave. & 5th St.
4th Ave. & 7th St.
Maintenance & Operations
4th Ave. & 9th St.
AmtrakAmtrak
Toole & 4th Ave.
Congress/Broadway & 6th Ave.
Congress/Broadway & Stone
Congress/Broadway & Church
Congress & Granada
Granada & Cushing
I‑10
Cushing & Frontage
Santa Cruz River
Cushing & Convento
Convento & Congress

Source: Sun Link Project Map


Source: Sun Link Project Map

Sun Link, also known as the Tucson Streetcar, is a single-line streetcar system in Tucson, Arizona, United States that began service in July 2014. The system's 3.9-mile (6.3 km) route connects the Arizona Health Sciences Center (including University Medical Center), the University of Arizona campus, the Main Gate and 4th Avenue shopping and entertainment districts, downtown Tucson, the Tucson Convention Center, and the Mercado District under development west of Interstate 10. The streetcar project's overall cost of $196 million was met through a combination of local funding sources and federal grants. The streetcar shares a common payment system with the Sun Tran regional bus service.

In May 2006 Pima County voters approved a $2.1 billion, 20-year regional transportation plan which included $75 million toward construction of a modern streetcar and an additional $12.7 million toward its operation. In December 2010, a $63 million federal TIGER grant was awarded to the City of Tucson, meeting most of the remaining funding gap and allowing the project to move forward. An additional $6 million of federal funding was obtained through the Federal Transit Administration's New Starts program. Funding also came from utilities for relocation and improvements along the streetcar route, most significantly $10.6 million from Tucson Water.

A $56 million contract for removal of existing roadway, utility relocation, installation of track, resurfacing, and construction of the system's 21 covered, accessible stops was awarded to Old Pueblo Trackworks, a joint venture of Granite Construction and RailWorks Track Systems, in March 2012. Construction began in April 2012 and continued through summer 2013. The first phase addressed straight sections of the route east of the Congress and Granada stop and required rolling closures of sections of Congress Street, Broadway Boulevard, 4th Avenue, University Boulevard, 2nd Street, the Warren Avenue underpass, and Helen Street. Phase two began in November 2012 and included all work west of the convention center, corner sections requiring fabrication of curved track elements, and additional work on Broadway and the Warren underpass.


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