Lone Tree City Center station

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 two lines: the E Line to Union Station and the R Line to Aurora.^[3] However, the R Line currently terminates at Lincoln station due to low ridership in this area of Lone Tree which is still under construction and amid generally lower ridership due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport.

Lone Tree City Center  E   R
Lone Tree City Center station platform
General information
Location	11023 RidgeGate Parkway Lone Tree, Colorado
Coordinates	39°31′39″N 104°51′48″W / 39.52750°N 104.86333°W / 39.52750; -104.86333
Owned by	Regional Transportation District
Line(s)	Southeast Rail Extension^[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	May 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)
Passengers
2019	102 (avg. weekday)^[2]
Rank	69 out of 69
Services
Preceding station RTD Following station Sky Ridge toward Union Station E Line RidgeGate Parkway Terminus Sky Ridge toward Peoria R Line (suspended)
Former services Preceding station RTD Following station Sky Ridge toward 18th & California F Line RidgeGate Parkway Terminus
Location

This station was built as part of the 2.3-mile (3.7 km) Southeast Rail Extension to RidgeGate, which began in 2016 and cost $223 million. It opened on May 17, 2019.^[4][1]

The station sits in greenfield land that is planned to host a transit-oriented development that is connected between the three stations. The 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.^[5] The development project was approved in 2018 and is planned to take decades to finish.^[6]

References

1. "E, F and R Line Extensions". Regional Transportation District. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
2. (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
3. 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.
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. 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.
6. Sevits, Kurt (March 5, 2018). "Lone Tree approves plans for expansion of RidgeGate development off I-25". Denver Channel. Retrieved April 1, 2019.