Colfax at Auraria station is a light rail station in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is served by the D and H Lines, operated by the Regional Transportation District (RTD), and was opened on October 8, 1994.[3][4] It serves the eastern side of the Auraria academic campus, home to Metropolitan State College of Denver, the Community College of Denver, and the University of Colorado Denver.
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Location | 1101 West Colfax Avenue Denver, Colorado | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°44′25″N 105°00′07″W / 39.740319°N 105.001918°W | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Central Corridor[1] | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Connections | RTD Bus: 16 | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | October 8, 1994 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 4,804 (avg. weekday)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Rank | 11 out of 69 | ||||||||||||||
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In 2008, the station was remodeled to enable the platforms to accommodate four-car trains.
Station layout
editSide platform | |
Southbound | ← D toward Littleton-Mineral (10th & Osage) |
← H toward Florida (10th & Osage) | |
Northbound | → D H toward 18th & California (Theatre District–Convention Center) → |
Side platform | |
Colfax at Auraria station is accessible through 9th Street and 10th Street Plaza from the north and West Colfax Avenue from the south. The station features no park-n-ride, though it does have a bay for westbound bus connections, typically used by RTD route 16.
References
edit- ^ "Central Corridor Light Rail Line". Regional Transportation District. March 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ Roberts, Jeffrey A. (October 9, 1994). "100,000 give light rail a heavy workout". The Denver Post. p. C1.
- ^ "RTD: Central Corridor Light Rail Line" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2010.