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 Lincoln
Stations	18
Operation
Opened	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 Amtrak California Zephyr Union Station  A  B  ( G  2017), ( N  2018)  C  W  Pepsi Center/Elitch Gardens Sports Authority Field at Mile High Auraria West  W   D  F  H  10th & Osage US 6 (6th Avenue Freeway) Alameda I-25 I-25 & Broadway  C  D  Louisiana & Pearl University of Denver Colorado Yale Southmoor  H  R  Belleview Orchard Arapahoe at Village Center Dry Creek County Line SH 470 / E-470 Lincoln  F  R  Sky Ridge Medical Center (2019) I-25 Lone Tree City Center (2019) RidgeGate Parkway (2019)

The E 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'.

Route

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]

Stations

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
Southmoor	2006	F  &  H  Lines	Denver	Yes
Fare Zone Boundary
Belleview	2006	F  &  R  Lines	Denver	Yes
Orchard	2006	F  &  R  Lines	Greenwood Village	Yes
Arapahoe at Village Center	2006	F  &  R  Lines	Greenwood Village	Yes
Dry Creek	2006	F  &  R  Lines	Centennial	Yes
County Line	2006	F  &  R  Lines	Lone Tree	Yes
Lincoln	2006	F  &  R  Lines	Lone Tree	Yes
Sky Ridge Medical Center	2019 (planned)[2]	F  &  R  Lines	Lone Tree	No
Lone Tree City Center	2019 (planned)[2]	F  &  R  Lines	Lone Tree	No
RidgeGate	2019 (planned)[2]	F  &  R  Lines	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.

Regional Transportation District has sent four teams a Request for Proposal on the Southeast Corridor extension expected due in May 2015.^[2] The Southeast Rail Line Extension plan is to extend light rail transit service to the new RidgeGate Parkway Interchange. Additional stations at Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree City Center, and new R Line terminus station at RidgeGate will have an expected opening in 2019.^[2]

References

External links

Route map: Google

• RTD E Line Schedule