Lone Tree City Center station explained

Lone Tree City Center
Symbol Location:Denver
Symbol:E
Symbol2:R
Address:11023 RidgeGate Parkway
Borough:Lone Tree, Colorado
Coordinates:39.5275°N -104.8633°W
Owned:Regional Transportation District
Line:Southeast Rail Extension
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:At-grade
Accessible:Yes
Passengers:102 (avg. weekday)[1]
Pass Year:2019
Pass Rank:69 out of 69
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Lone Tree City Center station is a light rail station in Lone Tree, Colorado, part of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) system in the Denver metropolitan area. It is served by two lines: the E Line to Union Station and the R Line to Aurora.[2] However, the R Line currently terminates at Lincoln station due to low ridership in this area of Lone Tree which is still under construction and amid generally lower ridership due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport.

This station was built as part of the 2.3miles Southeast Rail Extension to RidgeGate, which began in 2016 and cost $223 million. It opened on May 17, 2019.[3] [4]

The station sits in greenfield land that is planned to host a transit-oriented development that is connected between the three stations. The 400acres Lone Tree City Center, for which the station is named, is planned to include 10,000 homes, office space, and parks.[5] The development project was approved in 2018 and is planned to take decades to finish.[6]

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. News: Aguilar . John . January 25, 2019 . Light-rail extension into Lone Tree set to start passenger service May 19 . The Denver Post . April 1, 2019.
  3. News: Rubino . Joe . May 15, 2019 . RTD's newest line in southeast Denver metro will power development for years to come . . May 17, 2019.
  4. Web site: E, F and R Line Extensions . April 1, 2019 . Regional Transportation District.
  5. News: Dodson . Andrew . April 1, 2019 . Massive expansion in Lone Tree to create 'new downtown' with 12M square feet of development . . April 1, 2019.
  6. News: Sevits . Kurt . March 5, 2018 . Lone Tree approves plans for expansion of RidgeGate development off I-25 . . April 1, 2019.