Aurora Metro Center | |||||||||||
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 Aurora Metro Center station in February 2017 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 14555 East Centrepoint Drive Aurora, Colorado | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°42′31.7″N 104°49′08.7″W / 39.708806°N 104.819083°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | I-225 Corridor[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  RTD Bus: 3, 3L, 6, 11, 15L, 21, 130, 133, 153 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 145 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 4 racks | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | February 24, 2017 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 1,477 (avg. weekday)[2] | ||||||||||
| Rank | 42 out of 69 | ||||||||||
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Aurora Metro Center station is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) light rail station on the R Line in Aurora, Colorado. The station is located at Centrepoint Drive and Sable Boulevard and has a 145-stall park-and-ride lot.[3] The station is between the Town Center at Aurora shopping center and the Aurora Municipal Center (city hall, police headquarters, central library, and history museum).
The station opened on February 24, 2017, along with the rest of the R Line.[4] The former Centrepoint and Sable bus transfer center was renamed to Aurora Metro Center station when the light rail opened.
- ^ "East & I-225 Rail Corridors Preliminary Service Plan" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. June 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ "R Line Stations". Regional Transportation District. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- ^ Paul, Jesse (February 23, 2017). "RTD R-Line begins service Friday to Aurora, Denver and Lone Tree — and you can ride for free". The Denver Post. Retrieved February 24, 2017.