Red Rocks College station

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.[1] The station is located approximately 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) to the north of the Red Rocks Community College campus, after which the station is named.

Red Rocks College
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Red Rocks College station platform, looking west towards Lookout Mountain, 2013
General information
Location13400 West 6th Avenue[1]
Lakewood, Colorado
Coordinates39.7251°N 105.1524°W / 39.7251; -105.1524
Owned byRegional Transportation District
Line(s)West Corridor[2]
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Bicycle facilitiesRacks[1]
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneB[1]
History
OpenedApril 26, 2013 (2013-04-26)
Passengers
2014403 (avg. weekday)[3]
Rank44 out of 44[3]
Services
Preceding station RTD Following station
JeffCo Gov't Cntr•Golden
Terminus
 W Line Federal Center
toward Union Station
Location

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.[4][5]

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.[6]

It is the least used station on the RTD's Light Rail system.

References
  1. RTD Station Info
  2. "W Line". Regional Transportation District. March 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  3. "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  4. "W Line Fact Sheet" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  5. T.R. Witcher. "Denver Opens Long-Awaited Extension to Transit System". Civil Engineering Magazine. Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  6. "A new RTD light-rail station is "convenient to nothing"". Westword. April 18, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
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