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.
 Auraria West light rail station, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
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| 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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Station relocation
editThe 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.
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