The L Line is a light rail line which is part of the
light rail system operated by the
Regional Transportation District
The Regional Transportation District, more commonly referred to as RTD, is the regional agency operating public transit services in eight out of the twelve counties in the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area in the U.S. state of Co ...
in the
Denver–Aurora Metropolitan Area in
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
. The L Line opened as part of a service change in 2018 and is formed by a truncated section of the
D Line D Line may refer to: Transportation
* Line D (Buenos Aires Underground), an underground line in Buenos Aires, Argentina
* D Line (Los Angeles Metro), a rapid transit line in Los Angeles County, California
* Line D (Prague Metro), a subway route i ...
, which formerly served the route.
Route
The L Line's northern terminus is in
Five Points northeast of downtown Denver. From
30th & Downing station, it runs southwest along Welton Street before turning down 19th Street. On trips toward downtown, the line runs along Stout Street;
on trips leaving downtown, the line loops back at 14th Street before serving stations on California Street and then heading back to 30th & Downing along Welton Street.
Proposed extension
The Central Rail Extension Mobility Study Final Report
proposed that the D Line stations from
20th & Welton to
30th & Downing and future extension stations be operated on an independent route. This route would operate from the downtown loop to a new terminus created by sharing the
A Line's 38th & Blake station
38th & Blake station (sometimes stylized as 38th•Blake) is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) commuter rail station on the A Line in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The station is the first station eastbound from Union ...
.
Former D Line riders would have to transfer to the new L Line as the D Line's new northern terminus would be the downtown loop (nominally 18th & California station). The 14th & California station closed in 2004 could be restored to support the L Line at the
Convention Center, allowing for transfers to
Theatre District–Convention Center station.
RTD's Board of Directors approved the introduction of the current shorter version of the L Line with the January 14, 2018 service changes. The L Line uses existing track between 30th & Downing station and the downtown loop.
Stations
References
External links
RTD L LineRTD L Line schedule
{{RTD Bus & Light Rail
RTD light rail
Transportation in Denver
Railway lines opened in 2018
750 V DC railway electrification
2018 establishments in Colorado