Wheat Ridge/Ward | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Other names | Wheat Ridge•Ward | ||||||||||
Location | 12000 Ridge Road Wheat Ridge, Colorado | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°47′17″N 105°07′59″W / 39.78806°N 105.13306°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Gold Line[1] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | RTD Bus: 38, 44 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Parking | 290 spaces | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Fare zone | Local[2] | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | April 26, 2019 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2019 | 1,299 (avg. weekday)[3] | ||||||||||
Rank | 48 out of 69 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Wheat Ridge/Ward station (sometimes stylized as Wheat Ridge•Ward) is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) commuter rail station and terminus of the G Line.[4][5] It opened on April 26, 2019, along with the rest of the G Line, three years after its initially planned October 2016 opening.[6]
The station is located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States, on the south side of West 50th Place between Ward Road and Tabor Street. It includes bus bays and a 290-stall park and ride on the north side of West 50th Place.[7] Public art at the station includes "Anchored by Place", a steel-and-bronze sculpture by Michael Clapper.[8]
The station is the only stop within the city of Wheat Ridge, and is being prepared by the city for transit-oriented development.[9] In 2016, voters in Wheat Ridge approved a $12 million sales tax to improve roadways and other infrastructure around the area to lure development.[10] A 7.5-acre (3.0 ha) lot northeast of the station is slated to be developed into 230 apartments and 80 townhomes.[11]