The Regional Transportation District (RTD) operates a mass transit network, serving portions of Denver, Colorado, United States, and its surrounding metropolitan area, with light rail and commuter rail. , the urban rail transit system includes 75 stations on 10 lines: A, B, C, E, G, H, L, N, R, and W.

All of the stations are open-air structures featuring passenger canopies for protection from adverse weather conditions. The RTD has established criteria for station design with the intention of incorporating each station effectively into its surrounding community. All stations feature three elements according to the criteria: the platform, its transition plaza and the intermodal passenger transport available to and from the facility. Platforms are generally designed to accommodate four-car trains and may be in either a side, island or side center style. The transition plaza is the area where passenger services can be found between the platform and where intermodal access is available. All stations are decorated with works of public art as part of the RTD's "Art-n-Transit" program. They include independent works as well as pieces incorporated into the canopies, columns, pavers, windscreens, fencing and landscaping.

Light rail service began on October 8, 1994, with the opening of the initial fourteen stations on the Central Corridor segment from 30th & Downing station to I-25 & Broadway station. The first extension opened on July 14, 2000, and included the completion of an additional of rail and five stations through its present southern terminus at Littleton–Mineral station. In 2002, a four station, spur through the Central Platte Valley opened between the 10th & Osage station and Union Station. By November 2006, expansion to the southeast saw the completion of of rail and thirteen stations between I-25 & Broadway and both Nine Mile station in Aurora and Lincoln station in Lone Tree. On April 26, 2013, the W Line was opened which added of rail and eleven stations between Auraria West station and the Jefferson County Government Center–Golden station in Golden. The first commuter rail line, the A Line to Denver Airport station, opened on April 22, 2016.

Rail services used a zone-based fare system until 2024, where passengers were charged based on the number of zones through which they traveled. Fare zones were noted A, B, and C, based on distance from Downtown Denver, with a separate airport zone for travel to and from Denver Airport station. Beginning January 1, 2024, all stations use a flat fare system, with the exception of Denver Airport station, which has a higher airport fare.

Stations

Designated transfer stations Terminal stations Transfer and terminal stations

StationLinesJurisdictionOpenedFare zoneAverage daily ridership (2025)ReferenceAurora Local307 Denver Local2,146Aurora Local18516th & California/StoutDenver Local2,36218th & California/StoutDenver Local2,230Denver Local157Denver Local176Denver Local149 Denver Local411Denver Local1,795Aurora Local3,641Denver Local1,698Denver Local533Denver Local360Arvada Local503Denver Local1,740Denver Local2,247Greenwood Village Local1,643Arvada Local536 Denver Local2,524Aurora Local788Denver Local964Denver Local1,364Denver Local3,528Berkley Local347Aurora Local644Denver Local1,803Denver Local1,641Commerce City Local600Lone Tree Local880Greenwood Village Local572Denver Local1,480 Denver 11,744Centennial Local757Eastlake/124th Thornton Local1,599Denver Local733Englewood Local1365Denver Local623Lakewood Local1,333 Aurora Local185 Aurora Local1,661Lakewood Local676 Denver Local4,196Aurora Local887Jefferson County Government Center–Golden Golden Local1,321Denver Local662Lakewood Local1,625 Lakewood Local781Lone Tree Local1,327Littleton Local1,168 Littleton Local1,903Lone Tree Local20Denver Local665Aurora Local1,629Northglenn Local585Lakewood Local1,105Arvada Local1,281Greenwood Village Local508Thornton Local610Sheridan Local454 North Washington Local260 Aurora Local4,592Denver Local484Lakewood Local206 Lone Tree Local1,193Denver and Lakewood Local1,108Lone Tree Local305 Denver Local1,543Denver Local1,410Thornton Local917 Denver Local24,326Denver Local999 Westminster Local356 Wheat Ridge Local693Denver Local524

Future stations FasTracks is a twelve-year, $6.9 billion public transportation expansion developed by the Regional Transportation District and currently underway. The plan called for six new lines: light rail, diesel commuter rail, and electric commuter rail lines with a combined length of to be opened between 2013 and 2017. The first expansion undertaken was the West Corridor between Denver and Golden which opened April 26, 2013. The second expansion and first commuter rail line to open was the University of Colorado A Line between Denver and Denver International Airport on April 22, 2016. The G Line commenced service in April 2019. The North Metro Rail Line (N line) commenced service in September 2020.

StationLinesJurisdictionBoulder JunctionBoulderChurch RanchWestminsterDowntown LongmontLongmontFlatironBroomfieldGunbarrelBoulderLouisvilleLouisvilleBatesEnglewoodC-470 & LucentHighlands Ranch33rd & DowningDenver35th & DowningDenverYork/144thThorntonNorth Thornton/Hwy 7Thornton

Former stations

, three RTD stations have been removed from the system: 29th & Welton, 14th & California, and 14th & Stout, all on the former D Line in Downtown Denver.

StationLine(s)JurisdictionOpenedClosedDenverOld light rail map from September 2004 and another old light rail map from October 2004DenverDenver

See also

Regional Transportation District List of Colorado railroads Bibliography of Colorado Geography of Colorado History of Colorado Index of Colorado-related articles List of Colorado-related lists Outline of Colorado

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References

External links

Regional Transportation District