Central Park station (RTD)
Commuter rail station in Denver, Colorado
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Central Park is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) commuter rail and bus station on the A Line in the Central Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The station is named after the neighborhood. It opened on April 22, 2016, along with the rest of the A Line.[2]
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Denver, Colorado
Central Park  | |||||||||||
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A Union Station bound train at Central Park station. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 8175 East Smith Road Denver, Colorado | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°46′13.3″N 104°53′29.9″W | ||||||||||
| Owner | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||
| Line | East Corridor[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  RTD Bus: 28, 37, 38, 42, 43, 65, 73, 88, 105 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 1,500 spaces | ||||||||||
Cycle facilities | 8 lockers, 14 racks | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | April 22, 2016 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 3,528 (average daily) | ||||||||||
| Rank | 6 out of 75 | ||||||||||
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Station layout
| 1F
Platform Level |
Union Pacific corridor | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Westbound | ← toward Union Station (40th & Colorado) | |
| Eastbound | toward Denver Airport (Peoria) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Smith Road; bus bays; parking | ||
The station is located near Smith Road and Central Park Boulevard in the Central Park neighborhood, itself a redevelopment of the decommissioned Stapleton International Airport. It replaced the former Stapleton Park and Ride. The station is served by several bus routes and also has 1,500 parking spaces in a park-and-ride lot, the largest on the A Line.[3] Bus service to the station began six months before the A Line began operations, on September 13, 2015.[4]
Central Park is the closest RTD station to Dick's Sporting Goods Park, home of the Colorado Rapids. The stadium sits 3 miles north of the station on the opposite side of Interstate 70, requiring a bus connection to reach it.
Public art
Central Park station features the sculpture Balloon Man Running, commissioned as a part of RTD's Art-n-Transit program. The art piece was created by Sean O'Meallie and installed in 2016. It is 12 feet tall and sits on a 20 foot tall platform above the station's park-n-ride lot. The piece is said to represent the "anyman" running to catch a train, in addition to being a visual landmark within the station.[5][6][7]
