F Line (RTD)

F Line
F Line
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	F Line at 16th & California station
Overview
Status	Discontinued
Owner	Regional Transportation District
Locale	Denver metropolitan area
Termini	18th & California/18th & Stout; RidgeGate Parkway;
Stations	21
Service
Type	Light rail
System	RTD Rail
Operator	Regional Transportation District
History
Opened	November 17, 2006
Closed	September 20, 2020
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 750 V DC
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	US 6
	6th Avenue Freeway
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The F Line was a light rail line operated by the Regional Transportation District in the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area in Colorado. It operated from 2006 until 2020, when it was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Route

The F Line began in the downtown loop and proceeded south from downtown Denver, along with the D and H Lines. It joined the C and E Lines near the Auraria campus, and the five lines travelled south to I-25 & Broadway. The F Line diverged along with the E and H Lines onto a flyover, and then ran parallel to Interstate 25 for the rest of its route.^[1] The line's final southern terminus was at RidgeGate Parkway in Lone Tree, shared with the E and R Lines.

History

RTD suspended the F Line due to the COVID-19 pandemic in its September 2020 service change.^[2] The line never returned to service and was officially eliminated in RTD's January 2023 service change.^[3]

All stations along the F Line were shared with at least two other RTD rail lines. Its elimination helped to de-interline the network. The line's former route is now served by the E and H Lines, with a transfer at I-25 & Broadway.

Stations

The table below shows the F Line's final service pattern and connections in 2020.

Station	Municipality	Opened	Major connections & notes
18th & California (northbound) 18th & Stout (southbound)	Denver	October 8, 1994	Flatiron Flyer
16th & California (northbound) 16th & Stout (southbound)		October 8, 1994	MallRide
14th & California (northbound) 14th & Stout (southbound)		October 8, 1994	Closed November 27, 2004
Theatre District–Convention Center		November 28, 2004
Colfax at Auraria		October 8, 1994
10th & Osage
Alameda			Park and ride: 240 spaces
I-25 & Broadway			Park and ride: 1,248 spaces
Louisiana–Pearl		November 17, 2006
University of Denver			Park and ride: 540 spaces
Colorado			Park and ride: 363 spaces
Yale			Park and ride: 129 spaces
Southmoor			Park and ride: 788 spaces
Belleview			Park and ride: 817 spaces
Orchard	Greenwood Village		Park and ride: 48 spaces
Arapahoe at Village Center	Greenwood Village		Park and ride: 817 spaces
Dry Creek	Centennial		Park and ride: 235 spaces
County Line	Lone Tree		Park and ride: 388 spaces
Lincoln			Park and ride: 1,734 spaces
Sky Ridge		May 17, 2019
Lone Tree City Center
RidgeGate Parkway			Park and ride: 1,300 spaces

FasTracks

The 2004 voter-approved FasTracks initiative included the Southeast Corridor extension for the E and F Line, which extended the lines by 2.3 mi (3.70 km) to southern Lone Tree. The extension cost $223 million to construct and was opened on May 17, 2019.^[4] It included three new stations, Sky Ridge, Lone Tree City Center, and RidgeGate Parkway, the latter with a 2,000-stall parking facility.^[5] The F Line only served these stations for around a year before it was suspended from service, and eventually eliminated.

References

↑ "RTD – Light Rail System Map". Regional Transportation District. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
↑ "Combined September and COVID-19". Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
↑ Murray, Jon (December 14, 2022). "RTD is officially killing its C and F lines after suspending them during the pandemic". The Denver Post. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
↑ Rubino, Joe (May 15, 2019). "RTD's newest line in southeast Denver metro will power development for years to come". The Denver Post. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
↑ Aguilar, John (January 25, 2019). "Light-rail extension into Lone Tree set to start passenger service May 19". The Denver Post. Retrieved May 17, 2019.

External links

KML file (edit · help)

Template:Attached KML/F Line (RTD)

KML is from Wikidata

"RTD F Line Schedule". Archived from the original on January 23, 2016.

[1] "RTD – Light Rail System Map". Regional Transportation District. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

[2] "Combined September and COVID-19". Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

[3] Murray, Jon (December 14, 2022). "RTD is officially killing its C and F lines after suspending them during the pandemic". The Denver Post. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

[4] Rubino, Joe (May 15, 2019). "RTD's newest line in southeast Denver metro will power development for years to come". The Denver Post. Retrieved May 17, 2019.

[5] Aguilar, John (January 25, 2019). "Light-rail extension into Lone Tree set to start passenger service May 19". The Denver Post. Retrieved May 17, 2019.

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