Sky Ridge 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 = Sky Ridge

| symbol_location = Denver

| symbol = E

| symbol2 = R

| image = Sky Ridge station.JPG

| caption = Sky Ridge station platforms in 2019

| address = 9941 Trainstation Circle

| borough = Lone Tree, Colorado

| coordinates = {{coord|39|31|56|N|104|52|13|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-CO|display=inline,title}}

| owned = Regional Transportation District

| line = Southeast Rail Extension

| platforms = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 2

| connections = {{Unbulleted list

| {{rint|bus}} Bustang: South Line

| {{bus icon}} RTD Bus: Lone Tree FlexRide

}}

| structure = At-grade

| parking =

| bicycle = 10 racks

| accessible = yes

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

| passengers = 634 (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 = 59 out of 69

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=RTD

|line1=E|left1=Lincoln|right1=Lone Tree City Center

|line2=R|left2=Lincoln|right2=Lone Tree City Center|note-mid2=(suspended)|to-right2=RidgeGate|note-right2=(suspended)

}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=RTD|line=F|left=Lincoln|right=Lone Tree City Center}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

}}

Sky Ridge 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 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.

The station consists of two side platforms located adjacent to the Sky Ridge Medical Center, near the intersection of Interstate 25 and Sky Ridge Avenue. The station has ten bicycle racks.{{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}} 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}}