27th & Welton station
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27th & Welton | |||||||||||
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27th & Welton light rail station in Denver, Welton Street is the street in the foreground, and the view on the right is towards downtown | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Other names | 27th•Welton | ||||||||||
Location | 2720 Welton Street Denver, Colorado | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°45′19″N 104°58′39″W / 39.755234°N 104.977372°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Central Corridor[1] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Service suspended | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | December 19, 1995 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2019 | 382 (avg. weekday)[2] | ||||||||||
Rank | 65 out of 69 | ||||||||||
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27th & Welton station (sometimes styled as 27th•Welton) is a RTD light rail station in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, United States. Originally operating as part of the D Line, the station was opened on December 19, 1995, and is operated by the Regional Transportation District. The stop was opened over a year after the rest of light rail line after support from the neighborhood.[3] The January 14, 2018, service changes introduced the L Line, which now serves this station in place of the D Line.[4]
Currently, 27th & Welton station is suspended due to downtown Denver track reconstruction. The suspension began on May 26, 2024, with the station set to reopen in September 2024.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Corridor Light Rail Line". Regional Transportation District. March 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ Jackson, Robert. (December 20, 1995). "Merchants like new RTD stop at 27th". Rocky Mountain News. p. 24A.
- ^ "Final Service Changes – January 2018". RTD. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- ^ "Final May 2024 Service Changes". Regional Transportation District. Retrieved June 3, 2024.