Oak station (RTD)
Light rail station in Lakewood, Colorado
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Oak station is an at-grade light rail station on the W Line of the RTD Rail system. It is located near the intersection of West Colfax Avenue and Oak Street, after which the station is named, in Lakewood, Colorado.[1] The station is located within the Lakewood Industrial Park.
Oak station platform, August 2013 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 1311 Oak Street[1] Lakewood, Colorado | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39.7373°N 105.1199°W | ||||||||||
| Owner | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||
| Line | West Corridor[2] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 200 spaces[1] | ||||||||||
Cycle facilities | 4 racks and 8 lockers[1] | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | Local[3] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | April 26, 2013 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 1,385 (avg. weekday)[4] | ||||||||||
| Rank | 45 out of 69 | ||||||||||
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The station opened on April 26, 2013, on the West Corridor, built as part of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) FasTracks public transportation expansion plan and voter-approved sales tax increase for the Denver metropolitan area.[5][6]
The area around station has seen transit-oriented development. A large complex of Terumo offices, the headquarters for the company's Blood and Cell Technologies division, opened inside the Lakewood Industrial Park in 2015.[7] The Oak Street Station Apartments, a 392,802-square-foot (36,492.5 m2) retail and housing development, opened in 2020.[8]
The station has a multi-gate bus transfer plaza served by RTD Bus routes and a 200 space park and ride lot.[1]
