Nine Mile station is an island platformed RTD light rail station in Aurora, Colorado, United States.[5] The station was opened on November 17, 2006, and is operated by the Regional Transportation District as part of the H and R lines.[5][6] When it opened in 2006, it was the terminus of the H Line Southeast Corridor trains traveling along Interstate 225.[7] After the opening of the R Line in 2017, trains on the H Line were extended northeast to Florida station.
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| Location | 3179 South Parker Road[1] Aurora, Colorado | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°39′28″N 104°50′41″W / 39.6577°N 104.8446°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Regional Transportation District | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Southeast Corridor[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Freeway median, above grade | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | 1,225 spaces,[3] kiss and ride | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 16 racks, 28 lockers, Colorado Front Range Trail | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | November 17, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | 5,111 (avg. weekday)[4] | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 8 out of 69 | |||||||||||||||
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Nine Mile station is named after, and built at the approximate location of, the historic Nine Mile House, one of several stage stops along the Smoky Hill Trail. This stop was nine miles from Denver.[8] [9]
References
edit- ^ Regional Transportation District Light rail system map. Accessed 2009-11-02.
- ^ "Southeast Corridor Light Rail Line". RTD - Denver. March 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ "Alphabetical park-n-Ride List". Regional Transportation District. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ a b Leib, Jeffrey (November 21, 2006). "A rail easy commute SE line's regular service debuts smoothly". The Denver Post. p. A1.
- ^ "RTD: Southeast Corridor" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ "Light rail system map". Regional Transportation District. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ "Cherokee and Smoky Hill Trails". Parker Area Historical Society — Parker Colorado. Parker Area Historical Society. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Nomination Form for Seventeen Mile House, National Register of Historic Places Inventory". National Park Service - NPGallery. National Park Service. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
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