Colfax station is a

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(RTD)

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station on the R Line in

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. The station is located on the light rail bridge elevated above

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between Fitzsimons Parkway and

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. The station opened on February 24, 2017, along with the rest of the R Line.

History

The station was one of two planned in 2001 on the former

Fitzsimons Army Medical Center Fitzsimons Army Hospital, also known as Fitzsimons General Hospital, renamed Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in 1974, and Fitzsimons Building in 2018 was a U.S. Army facility located on in Aurora, Colorado. The facility opened in 1918 and closed ...

, an area that Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority developed into a campus anchored by the then

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. The second planned for the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center became Fitzsimons station.

References

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