Summary
Olde Town Arvada station is a commuter rail station on the G Line of the Denver RTD system in Denver, Colorado. It is located in downtown Arvada, Colorado and is the fifth stop from Denver Union Station.[4] The station includes 600 parking spaces in a parking garage that is shared with local businesses.[5] Construction on the station and garage began late 2014.[6]
Olde Town Arvada | |||||||||||
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 Olde Town Arvada commuter rail station as seen from the parking garage | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 5575 Vance Street Arvada, Colorado | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°47′56″N 105°04′49″W / 39.7990°N 105.0803°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gold Line[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  RTD Bus: 28, 32, 52, 72, 76 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 400 spaces[2] | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Fare zone | Local[3] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | April 26, 2019 | ||||||||||
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The public art chosen for the station is "Track Bone" by Frank Swanson and reflects how the railroad was in many ways the backbone of Arvada when it was founded in 1870. The sculpture is made of Red Colorado Granite cut into sections of railroad track and is 28 feet (8.5 m) long, 4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m) high, and 7 feet (2.1 m) wide.[2] The station opened on April 26, 2019.[7]
References edit
- ^ "G Line". Regional Transportation District. March 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ a b "Facilities". Regional Transportation District. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "Fares". Regional Transportation District. January 1, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "G Line Stations". RTD. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ Aguilar, John (August 11, 2014). "Major parking pinch to hit Olde Town Arvada during Gold Line garage construction". Denver Post. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ Briggs, Austin (November 13, 2014). "Arvada breaks ground on $30-million station for Gold Line commuter rail". Denver Post. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ Aguilar, John (April 25, 2019). "G-Line opening day: A stop-by-stop guide to metro Denver's newest RTD rail line". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 26, 2019.