Colfax at Auraria station explained

Colfax at Auraria
Symbol Location:	Denver
Symbol:	D
Symbol2:	H
Address:	1101 West Colfax Avenue
Borough:	Denver, Colorado
Line:	Central Corridor^[1]
Platform:	2 side platforms
Tracks:	2
Connections:	RTD Bus: 16
Structure:	At-grade
Accessible:	Yes
Passengers:	4,804 (avg. weekday)^[2]
Pass Year:	2019
Pass Rank:	11 out of 69
Other Services Header:	Former services
Other Services Collapsible:	yes
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Zoom:	14

Colfax at Auraria station is a 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.

In 2008, the station was remodeled to enable the platforms to accommodate four-car trains.

Station layout


Southbound	← toward
	← toward

Northbound	→ toward →

Colfax at Auraria station is accessible 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.

Notes and References

Web site: March 2020 . Central Corridor Light Rail Line . February 27, 2022 . . en.
Web site: September 2019 . Rail Station Activity Analyzed . April 29, 2024 . Regional Transportation District (RTD) . October 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191031032134/https://www.rtd-denver.com/sites/default/files/files/2019-09/Rail-Station-Activity-Report-May19-Aug19.pdf . dead.
News: Roberts . Jeffrey A. . October 9, 1994 . 100,000 give light rail a heavy workout . C1 . The Denver Post.
Web site: RTD: Central Corridor Light Rail Line . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715210038/http://www.rtd-denver.com/PDF_Files/Fact_Sheets/CCLRT_Facts.pdf . July 15, 2011 . September 27, 2010 . Regional Transportation District.