Colfax at Auraria station is an 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.
 Colfax at Auraria light rail station in Denver, the street on the right is West Colfax Avenue | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Service suspended | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| 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.
Currently, Colfax at Auraria station is suspended due to downtown Denver track reconstruction. The suspension began on May 26, 2024, with the station set to reopen in September 2024.[5]
Station layout
edit| Side 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 accessable 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.
- ^ "Final May 2024 Service Changes". www.rtd-denver.com. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
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