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Colfax at Auraria D   H
Colfax at Auraria light rail station in Denver, the street on the right is West Colfax Avenue
General information
Location	1101 West Colfax Avenue Denver, Colorado
Coordinates	39°44′25″N 105°00′07″W / 39.740319°N 105.001918°W / 39.740319; -105.001918
Line(s)	Central Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	RTD Bus: 16
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	October 8, 1994 (1994-10-08)
Passengers
2019	4,804 (avg. weekday)
Rank	11 out of 69
Services
Preceding station RTD Following station 10th & Osagetoward Littleton–Mineral D Line Theatre District–Convention Centertoward 18th & California/Stout 10th & Osagetoward Florida H Line
Former services Preceding station RTD Following station 10th & Osagetoward RidgeGate Parkway F Line Theatre District–Convention Centertoward 18th & California/Stout
Location

Colfax at Auraria station is a light rail station in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is served by the D and H Lines, operated by the Regional Transportation District (RTD), and was opened on October 8, 1994. It serves the eastern side of the Auraria academic campus, home to Metropolitan State College of Denver, the Community College of Denver, and the University of Colorado Denver.

In 2008, the station was remodeled to enable the platforms to accommodate four-car trains.

Station layout

Colfax at Auraria station is accessible through 9th Street and 10th Street Plaza from the north and West Colfax Avenue from the south. The station features no park-n-ride, though it does have a bay for westbound bus connections, typically used by RTD route 16.

References

1. "Central Corridor Light Rail Line". Regional Transportation District. March 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
2. "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
3. Roberts, Jeffrey A. (October 9, 1994). "100,000 give light rail a heavy workout". The Denver Post. p. C1.
4. "RTD: Central Corridor Light Rail Line" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2010.

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