Colfax at Auraria station

{{Infobox station

| name = Colfax at Auraria

| symbol_location = Denver

| symbol = D

| symbol2 = H

| image = Colfaxatauraria.JPG

| image_caption = Colfax at Auraria light rail station in Denver, the street on the right is West Colfax Avenue

| address = 1101 West Colfax Avenue

| borough = Denver, Colorado

| coordinates = {{Coord|39.740319|-105.001918|type:railwaystation_region:US-CO|display=inline,title}}

| line = Central Corridor{{Cite web |date=March 2020 |title=Central Corridor Light Rail Line |url=https://www.rtd-denver.com/reports-and-policies/facts-figures/central-corridor-light-rail-line |access-date=February 27, 2022 |website=Regional Transportation District |language=en}}

| platform = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 2

| connections = {{bus icon}} RTD Bus: 16

| structure = At-grade

| parking =

| bicycle =

| accessible = Yes

| status =

| opened = {{Start date|1994|10|08}}

| passengers = 4,804 (avg. weekday){{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}}

| pass_year = 2019

| pass_rank = 11 out of 69

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=RTD

}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=RTD|line=F|left=10th & Osage|to-left=RidgeGate Parkway|right=Theatre District–Convention Center|to-right=18th & California/Stout}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

}}

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.{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Jeffrey A. |date=October 9, 1994 |title=100,000 give light rail a heavy workout |page=C1 |work=The Denver Post}}{{Cite web |title=RTD: Central Corridor Light Rail Line |url=http://www.rtd-denver.com/PDF_Files/Fact_Sheets/CCLRT_Facts.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715210038/http://www.rtd-denver.com/PDF_Files/Fact_Sheets/CCLRT_Facts.pdf |archive-date=July 15, 2011 |access-date=September 27, 2010 |publisher=Regional Transportation District}} 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

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style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan="2" | {{small|Side platform}}

Southbound

|width="430"| ← {{ric|RTD|D}} toward {{stl|RTD|Littleton-Mineral}} {{small|({{stl|RTD|10th & Osage}})}}
← {{ric|RTD|H}} toward {{stl|RTD|Florida}} {{small|({{stl|RTD|10th & Osage}})}}

style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" colspan="2"|

Northbound

|→ {{ric|RTD|D}} {{ric|RTD|H}} toward {{stl|RTD|18th & California}} {{small|({{stl|RTD|Theatre District–Convention Center}})}} →

style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan="2" | {{small|Side platform}}

style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" colspan="2"|

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

Category:RTD light rail stations in Denver

Category:Auraria Campus

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1994