D Line (RTD)

D Line
D Line at the Convention Center
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Regional Transportation District
Status	Operational
Locale	Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area
Termini	30th & Downing Littleton/Mineral
Stations	17
Operation
Opening	October 7, 1994
Owner	Regional Transportation District
Operator(s)	Regional Transportation District
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route diagram Legend  A  Line (2016) 38th & Blake (2016) 35th & Downing (2017) 33rd & Downing (2017) 30th & Downing 29th & Welton 27th & Welton 25th & Welton 20th & Welton  F  &  H  Lines 18th & California | 18th & Stout 16th & California | 16th & Stout Theater District Convention Ctr Colfax at Auraria  C  &  E  Lines 10th & Osage 6th Avenue Freeway Alameda I-25 I-25 & Broadway  E ,  F  &  H  Lines Evans Englewood Oxford/City of Sheridan Littleton Downtown Littleton/Mineral  C  Line Colorado 470 Santa Fe Blvd & C-470 (2017) Lucent Boulevard & C-470 (2017)

The D Line – also referred to as the Green Line, because green is the line's color on maps – is a light rail line which is part of the light rail system operated by the Regional Transportation District in the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area in Colorado. The D line was the first line in the system when it opened in 1994, traveling from downtown Denver to I-25 and Broadway as the Central Corridor. It was extended along the Southwest Corridor in July 2000. Because it was the first and only line in the system it had no letter or color designation until the Central Platte Valley Spur opened on April 5, 2002.

Stations

The D Line's northern terminus is in Five Points northeast of downtown Denver. It goes through downtown, running southwest along Welton Street, then going up 19th Street. On trips leaving downtown, the line goes along Stout Street and 14th Street; on trips from Littleton, the line runs along California Street. Then the line follows Stout Street and Colfax Avenue, and follows a railroad right-of-way, where it joins with the C Line at 10th & Osage Station. They run in tandem until they reach their southern terminus at Mineral Avenue in Littleton.^[1]

The Convention Center/Performing Arts Station, which opened in 2004, replaces the 14th & Stout and 14th & California stations, which opened in 1994.

FasTracks

The 2004 voter approved FasTracks plan will add 2.5 mi (4.02 km) to the Southwest Corridor (C Line and D Line). It will also add a station with 1,000 parking spots at C-470 and Lucent Boulevard in Highlands Ranch. There may also be a station at C-470 and Santa Fe Boulevard. This extension may open as soon as 2017.^[2]

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