| Auraria West | |
| Symbol Location: | Denver |
| Symbol: | E |
| Symbol2: | W |
| Address: | 1250 Fifth Street |
| Borough: | Denver, Colorado |
| Coordinates: | 39.7414°N -105.0107°W |
| Owned: | Regional Transportation District |
| Line: | Central Platte Valley[1] |
| Platform: | 2 side platforms, 1 island platform |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Structure: | At-grade |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Rebuilt: | 2011 |
| Passengers: | 4,813 (avg. weekday)[2] |
| Pass Year: | 2019 |
| Pass Rank: | 10 out of 69 |
| Other Services Header: | Former services |
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
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.
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 tracks. The relocated station is the diverging point for the FasTracks W Line to Lakewood and Golden.[5]