Colfax at Auraria station
Light rail station in Denver, Colorado
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Colfax at Auraria station is a light rail station in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is served by the D and H Lines, operated by the Regional Transportation District (RTD), and was opened on October 8, 1994.[3][4] It serves the eastern side of the Auraria academic campus, home to Metropolitan State College of Denver, the Community College of Denver, and the University of Colorado Denver.
Denver, Colorado
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Colfax at Auraria light rail station in Denver, the street on the right is West Colfax Avenue | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1101 West Colfax Avenue Denver, Colorado | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39.740319°N 105.001918°W | ||||||||||||||
| Line | Central Corridor[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Connections |  RTD Bus: 16 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 8, 1994 | ||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | 4,804 (avg. weekday)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | 11 out of 69 | ||||||||||||||
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In 2008, the station was remodeled to enable the platforms to accommodate four-car trains.
Station layout
Colfax at Auraria station is accessible through 9th Street and 10th Street Plaza from the north and West Colfax Avenue from the south. The station features no park-n-ride, though it does have a bay for westbound bus connections, typically used by RTD route 16.
