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40th & Colorado A
40th & Colorado station platforms, looking west
General information
Other names	40th•Colorado
Location	4220 North Garfield Street Denver, Colorado
Coordinates	39°46′33.8″N 104°56′33.3″W / 39.776056°N 104.942583°W / 39.776056; -104.942583
Owned by	Regional Transportation District
Line(s)	East Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	RTD Bus: 24, 37, 40, 44, 49
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	200 spaces
Bicycle facilities	12 lockers, 18 racks
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Local
History
Opened	April 22, 2016 (2016-04-22)
Passengers
2019	2,185 (avg. weekday)
Rank	32 out of 69
Services
Preceding station RTD Following station 38th & Blaketoward Union Station A Line Central Parktoward Denver Airport
Location

40th & Colorado station (sometimes stylized as 40th•Colorado) is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) commuter rail station on the A Line in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood and adjacent to the Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The station is the second eastbound station from Union Station in Downtown Denver and fifth westbound from Denver International Airport. About nine minutes from Union Station and 28 minutes from Denver Airport station.

40th & Colorado station is also served by several bus routes and has a 200-space park-and-ride lot.

The station opened on April 22, 2016, along with the rest of the A Line.

Public art

40th & Colorado station features an art piece titled Hands On, commissioned as part of RTD's Art-n-Transit program. The piece, created by Erik Carlson, was installed in 2016 between the station's bus bay and eastbound platform. Hands On depicts images of 12 handtools from businesses and workshops in the area surrounding the station.

References

1. "East & I-225 Rail Corridors Preliminary Service Plan" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. June 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
2. "Fares". Regional Transportation District. January 1, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
3. "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
4. "University of Colorado A Line Stations & Parking". RTD. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
5. Whaley, Monte; Aguilar, John (April 22, 2016). "A-train to Denver airport opens to public, hundreds wait to ride". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
6. "Hands On in Denver, CO". Public Art Archive. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
7. "Art-n-Transit". RTD. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2024.

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