Lamar is an at-grade light rail station on the W Line of the RTD Rail system. It is located near the intersection of West 13th Avenue and Lamar Street, after which the station is named, in Lakewood, Colorado.[1] The station is located within Lakewood's 40 West Arts District, not far from the businesses on West Colfax Avenue and about 0.7 miles (1.1 km) from the campus of the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.
Lamar | |||||||||||
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.JPG) Lamar station platform, May 2013 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 6363 W 13th Avenue[1] Lakewood, Colorado | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°44′12″N 105°04′00″W / 39.7367°N 105.0666°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | West Corridor[2] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  RTD Bus: 9 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | Local[3] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | April 26, 2013 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 849 (avg. weekday)[4] | ||||||||||
| Rank | 53 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 Lamar station has seen transit-oriented development, including three joint housing and retail buildings. The W line bikeway runs East and West on the north side of the station platform, while painted bike lanes run North from the station, connecting to West Colfax Avenue.
References
edit- ^ a b "RTD Station Info". Regional Transportation District. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ "W Line". Regional Transportation District. March 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ "Fares". Regional Transportation District. January 1, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ "W Line Fact Sheet" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ T.R. Witcher. "Denver Opens Long-Awaited Extension to Transit System". Civil Engineering Magazine. Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
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