Auraria West station
Auraria West light rail station, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
Location | 1250 Fifth Street Denver, Colorado | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°44′29″N 105°00′38″W / 39.741367°N 105.010693°WCoordinates: 39°44′29″N 105°00′38″W / 39.741367°N 105.010693°W | ||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms, 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Connections | RTD buses | ||||||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-Grade | ||||||||||||||||||
Parking | None | ||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | None | ||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | A[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||
Opened | April 5, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
Closed | July 23, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | October 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||
2014 | 8,094 (avg. weekday)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 8 out of 44[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Auraria West station is an RTD light rail station in Denver, Colorado, United States. Operating as part of the C, E and W Lines, the station opened on April 5, 2002, and is operated by the Regional Transportation District.[4][5] 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.
FasTracks and station relocation[]
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 (CML) tracks. The relocated station is the diverging point for the FasTracks W Line to Lakewood and Golden.[6]
References[]
- ^ RTD Station Info
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ 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.
Categories:
- RTD light rail stations in Denver
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 2002
- Auraria Campus
- 2002 establishments in Colorado
- W Line (RTD)
- Railway stations in Colorado at university and college campuses
- United States light rail stubs
- Denver stubs
- Colorado railway station stubs