Red Rocks College station

Red Rocks College
Red Rocks College station platform, looking west towards Lookout Mountain, 2013
General information
Location13400 West 6th Avenue
Lakewood, Colorado
Coordinates39°43′30″N 105°09′09″W / 39.7251°N 105.1524°W / 39.7251; -105.1524
OwnerRegional Transportation District
LineWest Corridor
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure type
At-grade
Cycle facilities
Racks
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneLocal
History
OpenedApril 26, 2013; 13 years ago (2013-04-26)
Passengers
2025206 (average daily)
Rank69 out of 75
Services
Preceding station RTD Following station
Jefferson County Government Center–Golden
Terminus
 W Line Federal Center
toward Union Station
Location

Red Rocks College station is a light rail station on the W Line of the RTD rail system. It is located alongside the US 6 freeway in Lakewood, Colorado. The station is located approximately a half mile to the north of Red Rocks Community College, after which the station is named. The station opened on April 26, 2013, and was built as part of the FasTracks public transportation expansion plan.

The station only sees 30-minute headways in either direction on weekends, when every other W Line train terminates at Federal Center.

Station layout

1F

Platform Level

 US 6
Westbound ← toward Jeffco Government Center-Golden (Terminus)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound toward Union Station (Federal Center) →
West 6th Avenue

Red Rocks College station has received criticism for being "convenient to nothing." The Red Rocks Community College campus is uphill from the station, and a 15 to 20 minute walk along a meandering street. Therefore, students of the station's namesake rarely use it. The station also lacks a pedestrian bridge crossing US 6, rendering it inaccessible to neighborhoods on the freeway's north side. The land surrounding the station to the south remains undeveloped as of 2026. The station does not have a parking lot or any bus connections.

Red Rocks College station ranks as the seventh-least used RTD rail station, with a daily average of 206 passengers. It is the least used station on the W Line.

References

  1. 1 2 3 RTD Station Info
  2. ↑ "W Line". Regional Transportation District. March 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Fares". Regional Transportation District. January 1, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  4. ↑ "W Line Fact Sheet" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. January 21, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  5. ↑ T.R. Witcher. "Denver Opens Long-Awaited Extension to Transit System". Civil Engineering Magazine. Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ "A new RTD light-rail station is "convenient to nothing"". Westword. April 18, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2018.