E Line (RTD)

E Line (RTD)
E Line at 10th/Osage by a UP rail yard
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Regional Transportation District
Status	Operational
Locale	Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area
Termini	Union Station/LoDo/Coors Field Lincoln
Stations	18
Operation
Opening	November 17, 2006
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 Amtrak Union Station  C  &  W  Lines Pepsi Center/Elitch Gardens Sports Authority Field at Mile High Auraria West  W  Line  D ,  F  &  H  Lines 10th & Osage 6th Avenue Freeway Alameda I-25 I-25 & Broadway  C  &  D  Lines Louisiana & Pearl University of Denver Colorado Yale Southmoor  H  Line Belleview Orchard Arapahoe at Village Center Dry Creek County Line Colorado 470/E-470 Tollway Lincoln  F  Line Sky Ridge Medical Center (2017) I-25 Lone Tree City Center (2017) RidgeGate Parkway (2017)

The E Line, sometimes known as the Purple Line, is part of the light rail system operated by the Regional Transportation District in the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area in Colorado. The line was added to the system on November 17, 2006, with the completion of the Southeast Corridor as part of the T-REX Project. It is one of four routes that are part of the RTD's service plan for the corridor. Although it operates seven days per week, the E line does not operate during midday hours on weekdays as of January 11, 2009.

According to a map in the RTD's current service plan for the corridor, the E Line's color is purple, also referred to as 'plum'.

Stations

The E Line's northern terminus is at Union Station in downtown Denver. It shares track with the C Line from Union Station to I-25 & Broadway, then diverges by a level junction onto a flyover, and then parallels Interstate 25 from there to Lincoln Avenue in Lone Tree.^[1]

Name	Opening Year	Interchange	Municipality	park-n-Ride?
E Line (Union Station – Lincoln Avenue)
Union Station/ Lower Downtown (LoDo)/ Coors Field	2002	C  &  W  Lines Amtrak FREE MallRide (16th St)	Denver	No
Pepsi Center/Elitch Gardens	2002	C  &  W  Lines	Denver	No
Sports Authority Field at Mile High	2002	C  &  W  Lines	Denver	No
Auraria West Campus	2002	C  &  W  Lines	Denver	No
10th & Osage	1994	C ,  D ,  F , &  H  Lines	Denver	No
Alameda	1994	C ,  D ,  F , &  H  Lines	Denver	No
I-25 & Broadway	1994	C ,  D ,  F , &  H  Lines	Denver	Yes
Fare Zone Boundary
Louisiana/Pearl	2006	F  &  H  Lines	Denver	No
University of Denver	2006	F  &  H  Lines	Denver	Yes
Colorado	2006	F  &  H  Lines	Denver	Yes
Yale	2006	F  &  H  Lines	Denver	Yes
Fare Zone Boundary
Southmoor	2006	F  &  H  Lines	Denver	Yes
Belleview	2006	F  Line	Denver	Yes
Orchard	2006	F  Line	Greenwood Village	Yes
Arapahoe at Village Center	2006	F  Line	Greenwood Village	Yes
Dry Creek	2006	F  Line	Centennial	Yes
Fare Zone Boundary
County Line	2006	F  Line	Lone Tree	Yes
Lincoln	2006	F  Line	Lone Tree	Yes

FasTracks

The 2004 voter-approved FasTracks initiative will add 2.3 mi (3.70 km) to the Southeast Corridor (E Line and F Line). It will also add three stations at Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree City Center and RidgeGate Parkway, with a 2,000 space parking lot at RidgeGate. This extension may open as soon as 2017.^[2]

References