Y Yellow Line
The Yellow Line was one of four colored bus routes that directly served major shopping, employment, and entertainment centers around the valley. The Yellow Line traveled from the Peoria Community Center at Jefferson St & 84th Ave in Peoria, along Peoria Ave, down Grand Ave, 19th Ave, along Washington/Jefferson St past the State Capitol and Downtown Phoenix, onto Mill Ave, then University Dr to the College Ave bus stops in Downtown Tempe.
Existed: 1993 - 2003
Full Length: 27 miles
Latest Full Route: Peoria Community Center to College Ave & Stadium Dr
Original Full Route: 84th Ave & Jefferson St to McAllister Ave & Tyler St
Connecting Routes: B G R 0 3 7 8 10 15 16 17 19 24 27 30 35 40 41 43 44 50 56 59 60 62 65 66 67 70 72 76 81 92 106 502 510 512 520 521 531 532 533 540 541 560 561 570 580 581 582 590 591 I10E SR51 DASH F GUS NF
History
- March 1, 1993 - The Yellow, Blue, Green, and Red lines were introduced as part of a bus restructuring plan to directly serve major shopping, employment, and entertainment centers around the valley. Looking at the map to the right, it looks like the route began somewhere west of Peoria, along Grand Ave. From Peoria, the route continued along Grand Ave, down 19th Ave, and along Jefferson/Washington/Adams Streets, through Downtown Phoenix, and continuing on Washington St, then going into Downtown Tempe on Mill Ave and University Dr, ending at McAllister Ave & Tyler St. The Yellow Line also seemed to have an internal route number of 303.
- August 18, 1997 - Some time before this point, the western end of the route was truncated to the Peoria Community Center and potentially replaced by the Northwest Valley Grand route.
- February 24, 2003 - Rerouted to travel on Washington St between Priest Dr and Mill Ave instead of Center Pkwy
- October 14, 2003 - Yellow Line eliminated and replaced with route 1 and Grand Avenue Limited due to Grand Avenue reconstruction resulting in it and the parallel railroad no longer being able to accommodate bus stops
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