Valley Metro Rail Awards 5-Year Service Contract to Alternate Concepts Inc.

The Valley Metro Rail Board of Directors has approved a base five-year contract with Boston-based Alternate Concepts Inc. (ACI) to provide rail transportation services for the 26-mile system in Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa. With this contract, ACI continues to manage, coordinate and control all activities related to the operations of the service. ACI began service operations for Valley Metro Rail prior to the opening in December 2008 and has expanded from the original 20 miles to include six new miles of extensions in 2015 and 2016.

“ACI takes great pride and ownership in delivering robust rail operations, which sets them apart as a service provider,” said Ray Abraham, Valley Metro chief operations officer. “After nine years of providing rail service for Valley Metro, the men and women of ACI continue to have a strong commitment to quality operations.”

Rail service is provided 365 days per year operating up to 22 hours per day. There were 15.6 million rail passengers served in Fiscal Year 2016 with an on-time performance of 93.4 percent.