Lone Tree City Center station

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.[3] 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.

Lone Tree City Center
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Lone Tree City Center station platform
General information
Location11023 RidgeGate Parkway
Lone Tree, Colorado
Coordinates39°31′39″N 104°51′48″W
Owned byRegional Transportation District
Line(s)Southeast Rail Extension[1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneC[2]
History
OpenedMay 17, 2019
Services
Preceding station RTD Following station
Sky Ridge
toward Union Station
 E Line RidgeGate Parkway
Terminus
Sky Ridge
toward Peoria
 R Line
(suspended)
Former services
Preceding station RTD Following station
Sky Ridge
toward 18th & California
 F Line RidgeGate Parkway
Terminus

This station was built as part of the 2.3-mile (3.7 km) Southeast Rail Extension to RidgeGate, which began in 2016 and cost $223 million. It opened on May 17, 2019.[4][1]

The station sits in greenfield land that is planned to host a transit-oriented development that is connected between the three stations. The 400-acre (160 ha) 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]

References
  1. "E, F and R Line Extensions". Regional Transportation District. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. "Rail & Flatiron Flyer Map" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  3. Aguilar, John (January 25, 2019). "Light-rail extension into Lone Tree set to start passenger service May 19". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  4. Rubino, Joe (May 15, 2019). "RTD's newest line in southeast Denver metro will power development for years to come". The Denver Post. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  5. Dodson, Andrew (April 1, 2019). "Massive expansion in Lone Tree to create 'new downtown' with 12M square feet of development". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  6. Sevits, Kurt (March 5, 2018). "Lone Tree approves plans for expansion of RidgeGate development off I-25". Denver Channel. Retrieved April 1, 2019.


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