40th & Colorado station (sometimes stylized as 40th•Colorado) is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) commuter rail station on the A Line in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood and adjacent to the Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The station is the second eastbound station from Union Station in Downtown Denver and fifth westbound from Denver International Airport. About nine minutes from Union Station and 28 minutes from Denver Airport station.
40th & Colorado | |||||||||||
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.JPG) 40th & Colorado station platforms, looking west | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Other names | 40th•Colorado | ||||||||||
| Location | 4220 North Garfield Street Denver, Colorado | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°46′33.8″N 104°56′33.3″W / 39.776056°N 104.942583°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | East Corridor[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  RTD Bus: 24, 37, 40, 44, 49 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 200 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 12 lockers, 18 racks | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | Local[2] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | April 22, 2016 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 2,185 (avg. weekday)[3] | ||||||||||
| Rank | 32 out of 69 | ||||||||||
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40th & Colorado station is also served by several bus routes and has a 200-space park-and-ride lot.[4]
The station opened on April 22, 2016, along with the rest of the A Line.[5]
Public art
edit40th & Colorado station features an art piece titled Hands On, commissioned as part of RTD's Art-n-Transit program. The piece, created by Erik Carlson, was installed in 2016 between the station's bus bay and eastbound platform. Hands On depicts images of 12 handtools from businesses and workshops in the area surrounding the station.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "East & I-225 Rail Corridors Preliminary Service Plan" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. June 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ "Fares". Regional Transportation District. January 1, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ^ "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ "University of Colorado A Line Stations & Parking". RTD. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- ^ Whaley, Monte; Aguilar, John (April 22, 2016). "A-train to Denver airport opens to public, hundreds wait to ride". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- ^ "Hands On in Denver, CO". Public Art Archive. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- ^ "Art-n-Transit". RTD. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
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