Colfax station (RTD)

For the D, F and H Line station, see Colfax at Auraria station. For the Amtrak station, see Colfax station.

Colfax station is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) light rail station on the R Line in Aurora, Colorado. The station is located on the light rail bridge elevated above Colfax Avenue between Fitzsimons Parkway and Interstate 225.^[3]

Colfax
Colfax station in February 2017
General information
Location	13800 East Colfax Avenue Aurora, Colorado
Coordinates	39°44′24.9″N 104°49′37.2″W
Owned by	Regional Transportation District
Line(s)	I-225 Corridor[1]
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	RTD Bus: 10, 15, 15L, 20 RTD Flatiron Flyer: FF5
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	12 racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)
Passengers
2019	999 (avg. weekday)[2]
Rank	51 out of 69
Services
Preceding station RTD Following station Fitzsimons toward Peoria R Line 13th Avenue toward Lincoln
Location

The station opened on February 24, 2017, along with the rest of the R Line.^[4]

History

The station was one of two planned in 2001 on the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, an area that Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority developed into a campus anchored by the then University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. The second planned for the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center became Fitzsimons station.^[5]