Auraria West station

Auraria West  E   W
Auraria West light rail station, 2011
General information
Location	1250 Fifth Street Denver, Colorado
Coordinates	39°44′29″N 105°00′38″W / 39.741367°N 105.010693°W / 39.741367; -105.010693
Owned by	Regional Transportation District
Line(s)	Central Platte Valley[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms, 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	April 5, 2002 (2002-04-05)
Rebuilt	2011
Passengers
2019	4,813 (avg. weekday)[2]
Rank	10 out of 69
Services
Preceding station RTD Following station 10th & Osage toward RidgeGate Parkway E Line Empower Field at Mile High toward Union Station Decatur–Federal toward JeffCo Gov't Cntr•Golden W Line
Former services Preceding station RTD Following station 10th & Osage toward Littleton–Mineral C Line Empower Field at Mile High toward Union Station
Location

Auraria West station is an RTD light rail station in Denver, Colorado. Operating as part of the E and W Lines, the station opened on April 5, 2002, and is operated by the Regional Transportation District.^[3][4] It primarily serves the adjacent Auraria academic campus, home to Metropolitan State University of Denver, the Community College of Denver, and the University of Colorado Denver.

The original Auraria West Campus station closed on July 23, 2011. The new relocated Auraria West station opened on October 31, 2011, near Fifth and Walnut on a north–south alignment near the Consolidated Main Line tracks. The relocated station is the diverging point for the FasTracks W Line to Lakewood and Golden.^[5]

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