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| zone = Local<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2024|title=Fares |url=https://www.rtd-denver.com/fares-passes/fares |access-date=April 25, 2024 |publisher=[[Regional Transportation District]]}}</ref>
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| passengers = 403 (avg. weekday)<ref name="rtd-denver.com">{{Cite web |date=January 2015 |title=Rail Station Activity Analyzed |url=http://www.rtd-denver.com/PDF_Files/ServiceD/RiderStats_LRT_Station_Activity_Wkday_Aug14.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320115637/http://www.rtd-denver.com/PDF_Files/ServiceD/RiderStats_LRT_Station_Activity_Wkday_Aug14.pdf |archive-date=2015-03-20 |access-date=2015-06-26 |website=[[Regional Transportation District]]}}</ref>
| passengers = 329 (avg. weekday)<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 2019 |title=Rail Station Activity Analyzed |url=https://www.rtd-denver.com/sites/default/files/files/2019-09/Rail-Station-Activity-Report-May19-Aug19.pdf |access-date=April 29, 2024 |website=[[Regional Transportation District]] (RTD) |archive-date=October 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031032134/https://www.rtd-denver.com/sites/default/files/files/2019-09/Rail-Station-Activity-Report-May19-Aug19.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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'''Red Rocks College''' is an at-grade [[light rail]] station on the [[W Line (RTD)|W Line]] of the [[RTD Bus & Light Rail|RTD Rail]] system. It is located alongside 6th Avenue at its intersection with Arbutus Drive in [[Lakewood, Colorado]].<ref name=station>[http://www.rtd-denver.com/LightRail_Map.shtml#redrockscollege RTD Station Info]</ref> The station is located approximately {{convert|1/2|mi|km|1}} to the north of the [[Red Rocks Community College]] campus, after which the station is named.
'''Red Rocks College''' is an at-grade [[light rail]] station on the [[W Line (RTD)|W Line]] of the [[RTD Bus & Light Rail|RTD Rail]] system. It is located alongside 6th Avenue at its intersection with Arbutus Drive in [[Lakewood, Colorado]].<ref name=station>[http://www.rtd-denver.com/LightRail_Map.shtml#redrockscollege RTD Station Info]</ref> The station is located approximately {{convert|1/2|mi|km|1}} 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 21, 2016 |title=W Line Fact Sheet |url=https://www.rtd-denver.com/sites/default/files/files/2019-04/West_Rail_Fact_Sheet_2015_FINAL.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=January 7, 2022 |website=[[Regional Transportation District]]}}</ref><ref name="ASCE">{{Cite web |last=T.R. Witcher |title=Denver Opens Long-Awaited Extension to Transit System |url=http://www.asce.org/CEMagazine/ArticleNs.aspx?id=23622324988#.UZOye8pI13s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609230316if_/http://www.asce.org/CEMagazine/ArticleNs.aspx?id=23622324988#.UbUJutYaRTY |archive-date=June 9, 2013 |access-date=September 18, 2020 |publisher=Civil Engineering Magazine}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 21, 2016 |title=W Line Fact Sheet |url=https://www.rtd-denver.com/sites/default/files/files/2019-04/West_Rail_Fact_Sheet_2015_FINAL.pdf |access-date=January 7, 2022 |website=[[Regional Transportation District]]}}</ref><ref name="ASCE">{{Cite web |last=T.R. Witcher |title=Denver Opens Long-Awaited Extension to Transit System |url=http://www.asce.org/CEMagazine/ArticleNs.aspx?id=23622324988#.UZOye8pI13s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609230316if_/http://www.asce.org/CEMagazine/ArticleNs.aspx?id=23622324988#.UbUJutYaRTY |archive-date=June 9, 2013 |access-date=September 18, 2020 |publisher=Civil Engineering Magazine}}</ref>


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]].<ref>{{cite news |date=April 18, 2013 |title=A new RTD light-rail station is "convenient to nothing" |url=http://www.westword.com/news/a-new-rtd-light-rail-station-is-convenient-to-nothing-5120308 |work=[[Westword]] |accessdate=April 20, 2018}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{cite news |date=April 18, 2013 |title=A new RTD light-rail station is "convenient to nothing" |url=http://www.westword.com/news/a-new-rtd-light-rail-station-is-convenient-to-nothing-5120308 |work=[[Westword]] |accessdate=April 20, 2018}}</ref>

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


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 06:05, 30 April 2024

Red Rocks College
 W 
Red Rocks College station platform, looking west towards Lookout Mountain, 2013
General information
Location13400 West 6th Avenue[1]
Lakewood, Colorado
Coordinates39°43′30″N 105°09′09″W / 39.7251°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 zoneLocal[3]
History
OpenedApril 26, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-04-26)
Passengers
2019329 (avg. weekday)[4]
Rank66 out of 69
Services
Preceding station RTD Following station
JeffCo Gov't Cntr•Golden
Terminus
 W Line Federal Center
toward Union Station
Location
Map

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.

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c RTD Station Info
  2. ^ "W Line". Regional Transportation District. March 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "Fares". Regional Transportation District. January 1, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  5. ^ "W Line Fact Sheet" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "A new RTD light-rail station is "convenient to nothing"". Westword. April 18, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
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