Colfax | |||||||||||
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Colfax station in February 2017 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 13800 East Colfax Avenue Aurora, Colorado | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°44′24.9″N 104°49′37.2″W / 39.740250°N 104.827000°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||
Line(s) | I-225 Corridor[1] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 12 racks | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | February 24, 2017 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2019 | 999 (avg. weekday)[2] | ||||||||||
Rank | 51 out of 69 | ||||||||||
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Colfax station is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) light rail station on the R Line in Aurora, Colorado. The station is located on the light rail bridge elevated above Colfax Avenue between Fitzsimons Parkway and Interstate 225.[3]
The station opened on February 24, 2017, along with the rest of the R Line.[4]
History
[edit]The station was one of two planned in 2001 on the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, an area that Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority developed into a campus anchored by the then University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. The second planned for the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center became Fitzsimons station.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "East & I-225 Rail Corridors Preliminary Service Plan" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. June 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ "R Line Stations". Regional Transportation District. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- ^ Paul, Jesse (February 23, 2017). "RTD R-Line begins service Friday to Aurora, Denver and Lone Tree — and you can ride for free". The Denver Post. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- ^ Leib, Jeffrey (January 7, 2001). "Planners outline I-225 light rail". The Denver Post. Retrieved March 16, 2017.