Maricopa, AZ

Railroads Served	UP (SP)
Depot History	Built 1879. Razed (date unknown). Line to Chandler abandoned 1935.
Passenger Service	SP discontinued 1950s? Amtrak reinstated October 2001.
Elevation	1176'
Population	less than 300 (1990 Census)

Latest News

ARPA Responds: Comment on Closing of Phoenix Station by William Lindley,12 October 2001.
Aerial photo shows how far Maricopa really is from Metro Phoenix.

Photos

by Tom Fassett

5 October 2001

by Ronald Nadarski

Photos taken September 2000.

Overview of new station, looking north from the platform. The car sits quite a ways back from the tracks.

Looking north, closer view

Looking west across the platform

Looking northeast across State Route 347.

Archived:

24 December 2000 (photos: W. Lindley)

"Silver Horizon" in storage.
Platform showing proximity to grade crossing.
Platform partially constructed. Note how car will sit in a "well" so the platform is level with car interior.

16 October 2000: Photos of the dome car at Maricopa, by Joe Amuso

24 April 1999: (photo: Marc Pearsall)

The Maricopa station site has easy access from state Route 347, although unfortunately there are few nearby accommodations. It is as yet unclear what connections will be available from metro Phoenix.

The Maricopa depot is located in Pinal County, several miles from the Indian casino. Population of Maricopa is less than 300 (1990 Census) but there are thousands of new homes being built nearby.

ARPA supports Maricopa in its efforts to provide better rail passenger service to Phoenix even as we seek to restore trains directly through downtown Phoenix and other Valley cities.

In this map, Phoenix Union Station, the Tempe depot, and Coolidge are shown with red dots. The approximate Metro Phoenix urbanized area is shown in green. Maricopa is really thirty miles in the desert south of Phoenix.

The historic Casa Grande SPRR depot meanwhile sits empty and unused.