27th & Welton station
27th & Welton light rail station in Denver, Welton Street is the street in the foreground, and the view on the right is towards downtown | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 2720 Welton Street Denver, Colorado | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°45′19″N 104°58′39″W / 39.755234°N 104.977372°W | ||||||||||
| Owner | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||
| Line | Central Corridor[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 19, 1995 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 149 (average daily) | ||||||||||
| Rank | 74 out of 75 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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27th & Welton station (sometimes styled as 27th•Welton) is a RTD light rail station in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, United States. Originally operating as part of the D Line, the station was opened on December 19, 1995, and is operated by the Regional Transportation District. The stop was opened over a year after the rest of light rail line after support from the neighborhood.[2] The January 14, 2018, service changes introduced the L Line, which replaced the D Line.[3]
Station layout
| 1F
Platform Level |
Side platform, doors will open on both sides |
| ← | |
| Side platform, doors will open on both sides | |
| ← Welton Street (one way) |
Like 25th & Welton, 27th & Welton is a single-track, dual-platform station. There are no shelters at the station and there are no dedicated station amenities. Typical RTD rail signage is absent. A red sign attached to a pole denotes the station name and the directions of travel. 27th & Welton is the second least-used in the RTD rail network, only to Lone Tree City Center, with a daily average of 149 passengers as of 2025.
References
- ↑ "Central Corridor Light Rail Line". Regional Transportation District. March 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ↑ Jackson, Robert. (December 20, 1995). "Merchants like new RTD stop at 27th". Rocky Mountain News. p. 24A.
- ↑ "Final Service Changes – January 2018". RTD. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
