Auraria West station
Auraria West light rail station, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | 1250 Fifth Street Denver, Colorado | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°44′29″N 105°00′38″W / 39.741367°N 105.010693°W | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Central Platte Valley[1] | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms, 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | April 5, 2002 | ||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2011 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 4,813 (avg. weekday)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Rank | 10 out of 69 | ||||||||||||||
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Auraria West station is an RTD light rail station in Denver, Colorado. Operating as part of the E and W Lines, the station opened on April 5, 2002, and is operated by the Regional Transportation District.[3][4] It primarily serves the adjacent Auraria academic campus, home to Metropolitan State University of Denver, the Community College of Denver, and the University of Colorado Denver.
Station relocation
[edit]The original Auraria West Campus station closed on July 23, 2011. The new relocated Auraria West station opened on October 31, 2011, near Fifth and Walnut on a north–south alignment near the Consolidated Main Line tracks. The relocated station is the diverging point for the FasTracks W Line to Lakewood and Golden.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "C, E & W Lines (Central Platte Valley Light Rail Line)". Regional Transportation District. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ Proctor, Cathy (March 22, 2002). "New light rail will provide a critical link". Denver Business Journal.
- ^ "RTD: Central Platte Valley Light Rail Line" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ "Downtown Denver light-rail stops to close for improvements" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. Retrieved July 29, 2011.