Ever heard the old saying, "Keep it simple, stupid? Well, Metro has decided to "Keep It Simple" and to keep the frequency of the trains consistent and timely through out the days and in to the early morning. For now, the tentative schedule will have the light-rail trains will run every 10 minutes from sunrise to sunset on weekdays, every 20 minutes other times during the week, every 15 minutes on weekends and will operate roughly 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. every day.
Recently, when I spoke with some friends at the operations center, we talked about how beneficial the timeliness of the rail will be for people from many walks of life. Todays paper discusses the schedule where Metro's Hillary Foose is quoted as saying "You know you could pick up a train and you won't have to wait more than 8 or 9 minutes."
The final schedules should be available this spring and we will be sure to keep you updated as best we can. The trains will be running before we know it. These are exciting times for many of us!
*Update* I just found this additional article from MSNBC re: the Phoenix Light Rail Schedule. (link expired at MSNBC, sorry!)