Red Rocks College station explained

Red Rocks College
Symbol Location:Denver
Symbol:W
Address:13400 West 6th Avenue
Borough:Lakewood, Colorado
Coordinates:39.7251°N -105.1524°W
Owned:Regional Transportation District
Line:West Corridor[1]
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Structure:At-grade
Bicycle:Racks
Accessible:Yes
Zone:Local[2]
Passengers:329 (avg. weekday)[3]
Pass Year:2019
Pass Rank:66 out of 69
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Red Rocks College is an at-grade light rail station on the W Line of the RTD Rail system. It is located alongside 6th Avenue at its intersection with Arbutus Drive in Lakewood, Colorado.[4] The station is located approximately NaNmiles to the north of the Red Rocks Community College campus, after which the station is named.

The station opened on April 26, 2013, on the West Corridor, built as part of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) FasTracks public transportation expansion plan and voter-approved sales tax increase for the Denver metropolitan area.[5] [6]

The station has received criticism for being "convenient to nothing" as the Red Rocks College campus is uphill from the station, with the only walkway along a meandering street. Other than the college, the land around the station has seen little development. The station also has no park and ride lot and no pedestrian bridge across the 6th Avenue Freeway.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: March 2020 . W Line . February 27, 2022 . . en.
  2. Web site: January 1, 2024. Fares . April 25, 2024 . Regional Transportation District.
  3. 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.
  4. http://www.rtd-denver.com/LightRail_Map.shtml#redrockscollege RTD Station Info
  5. Web site: January 21, 2016 . W Line Fact Sheet . January 7, 2022 . Regional Transportation District.
  6. Web site: T.R. Witcher . Denver Opens Long-Awaited Extension to Transit System . https://web.archive.org/web/20130609230316if_/http://www.asce.org/CEMagazine/ArticleNs.aspx?id=23622324988#.UbUJutYaRTY . June 9, 2013 . September 18, 2020 . Civil Engineering Magazine.
  7. News: April 18, 2013 . A new RTD light-rail station is "convenient to nothing" . . April 20, 2018.