Lone Tree City Center station

Lone Tree City Center
Lone Tree City Center station platform
General information
Location11023 RidgeGate Parkway
Lone Tree, Colorado
Coordinates39°31′39″N 104°51′48″W / 39.52750°N 104.86333°W / 39.52750; -104.86333
OwnerRegional Transportation District
LineSoutheast Rail Extension[1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure type
At-grade
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedMay 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)
Passengers
201920 (average daily)
Rank75 out of 75
Services
Preceding station RTD Following station
Sky Ridge
toward Union Station
 E Line RidgeGate Parkway
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station RTD Following station
Sky Ridge
toward 18th & California
 F Line RidgeGate Parkway
Terminus
Sky Ridge
toward Peoria
 R Line
Location

Lone Tree City Center station is a light rail station in Lone Tree, Colorado, part of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) system in the Denver metropolitan area. It is served by the E Line to Union Station.[2] This station was built as part of the 2.3-mile (3.7 km) FasTracks Southeast Rail Extension to RidgeGate Parkway, and opened on May 17, 2019.[3][1]

Station layout

1F

Platform Level

 Private drive
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound ← toward Union Station (Sky Ridge)
Southbound toward RidgeGate Parkway (Terminus) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

The R Line also briefly served this station from its opening in 2019, but service on the line was cut back to Lincoln station due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This service change has persisted since the pandemic; passengers must transfer at Lincoln for service towards Aurora and Denver International Airport.

The station sits in greenfield land that is planned to host a transit-oriented development. The proposed 400-acre (160 ha) Lone Tree City Center, for which the station is named, is planned to include 10,000 homes, office space, and parks.[4] The development project was approved in 2018; however, as of 2026 there has been no progress and the land surrounding the station remains entirely undeveloped.[5] The station is fenced off from the greenfield land surrounding it and a private drive leads back to Sky Ridge station to the north. Transit advocacy groups have called for the station's closure until the surrounding land is developed, as "there is currently no reason for anyone to get off the train here."[6]

Lone Tree City Center is by far the least-used RTD rail station, with a daily average of 20 passengers using the station.

References

  1. 1 2 "E, F and R Line Extensions". Regional Transportation District. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ Aguilar, John (January 25, 2019). "Light-rail extension into Lone Tree set to start passenger service May 19". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Dodson, Andrew (April 1, 2019). "Massive expansion in Lone Tree to create 'new downtown' with 12M square feet of development". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  5. ↑ Sevits, Kurt (March 5, 2018). "Lone Tree approves plans for expansion of RidgeGate development off I-25". Denver Channel. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  6. ↑ Greater Denver Transit. "Lone Tree Station". Retrieved August 27, 2026.


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