Lone Tree City Center station

{{Short description|Light rail station in Lone Tree, Colorado}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Lone Tree City Center

| symbol_location = Denver

| symbol = E

| symbol2 = R

| image = Lone Tree City Center station.JPG

| caption = Lone Tree City Center station platform

| address = 11023 RidgeGate Parkway

| borough = Lone Tree, Colorado

| coordinates = {{coord|39|31|39|N|104|51|48|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-CO|display=inline,title}}

| owned = Regional Transportation District

| line = Southeast Rail Extension

| platforms = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 2

| connections =

| structure = At-grade

| parking =

| bicycle =

| accessible = Yes

| opened = {{Start date|2019|05|17}}

| passengers = 102 (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 = 69 out of 69

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=RTD

|line1=E|left1=Sky Ridge|right1=RidgeGate Parkway

|line2=R|left2=Sky Ridge|right2=RidgeGate Parkway|note-mid2=(suspended)|to-right2=RidgeGate Parkway

}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=RTD|line=F|left=Sky Ridge|right=RidgeGate Parkway}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

}}

Lone Tree City Center station is a light rail station in Lone Tree, Colorado, part of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) system in the Denver metropolitan area. It is served by two lines: the E Line to Union Station and the R Line to Aurora.{{Cite news |last=Aguilar |first=John |date=January 25, 2019 |title=Light-rail extension into Lone Tree set to start passenger service May 19 |work=The Denver Post |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/01/25/rtd-southeast-extension-light-rail-ridgegate/ |access-date=April 1, 2019}} However, the R Line currently terminates at Lincoln station due to low ridership in this area of Lone Tree which is still under construction and amid generally lower ridership due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport.

This station was built as part of the {{convert|2.3|mi|km|adj=mid}} Southeast Rail Extension to RidgeGate, which began in 2016 and cost $223 million. It opened on May 17, 2019.{{Cite news |last=Rubino |first=Joe |date=May 15, 2019 |title=RTD's newest line in southeast Denver metro will power development for years to come |work=The Denver Post |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/05/15/lone-tree-ridgegate-rtd-rail-extension/ |access-date=May 17, 2019}}{{Cite web |title=E, F and R Line Extensions |url=http://www.rtd-denver.com/e-f-line-extension.shtml |access-date=April 1, 2019 |website=Regional Transportation District}}

The station sits in greenfield land that is planned to host a transit-oriented development that is connected between the three stations. The {{convert|400|acre|ha|adj=mid}} Lone Tree City Center, for which the station is named, is planned to include 10,000 homes, office space, and parks.{{Cite news |last=Dodson |first=Andrew |date=April 1, 2019 |title=Massive expansion in Lone Tree to create 'new downtown' with 12M square feet of development |work=Denver Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2019/04/01/lone-tree-ridgegate-expansion.html |access-date=April 1, 2019}} The development project was approved in 2018 and is planned to take decades to finish.{{Cite news |last=Sevits |first=Kurt |date=March 5, 2018 |title=Lone Tree approves plans for expansion of RidgeGate development off I-25 |publisher=Denver Channel |url=https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/lone-tree-approves-plans-for-expansion-of-ridgegate-development-off-i-25 |access-date=April 1, 2019}}