Colfax station is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) light rail station on the R Line in Aurora, Colorado. The station is located on the light rail bridge elevated above Colfax Avenue between Fitzsimons Parkway and Interstate 225.[2]
Colfax | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | 13800 East Colfax Avenue Aurora, Colorado | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°44′24.9″N 104°49′37.2″W / 39.740250°N 104.827000°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||
Line(s) | I-225 Corridor[1] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 12 racks | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | February 24, 2017 | ||||||||||
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The station opened on February 24, 2017, along with the rest of the R Line.[3]
The station was one of two planned in 2001 on the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, an area that Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority developed into a campus anchored by the then University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. The second planned for the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center became Fitzsimons station.[4]