Wheat Ridge/Ward | |||||||||||
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 Wheat Ridge/Ward station platform | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
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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]
- ^ "G Line". Regional Transportation District. March 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ "Fares". Regional Transportation District. January 1, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ Wingerter, Meg (April 1, 2019). "RTD: Long-delayed G-Line from Denver to Wheat Ridge will open April 26". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ Sanchez, Hayley (February 6, 2019). "RTD's G Line To NW Suburbs Clears Key Hurdle". Colorado Public Radio. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- ^ Aguilar, John (April 25, 2019). "G-Line opening day: A stop-by-stop guide to metro Denver's newest RTD rail line". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ "Ward Road Station". RTD. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ "Wheat Ridge-Ward Station - Michael Clapper". RTD. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ Aguilar, John (October 27, 2014). "Wheat Ridge determined to tap potential of its only FasTracks station". Denver Post. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ Aguilar, John (January 2, 2018). "Full-day testing on G-Line raises hope that long-delayed service is now on track". Denver Post. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ Aguilar, John (August 15, 2016). "Wheat Ridge planning to turn its lone rail stop into a slice of urban living in the suburbs". Denver Post. Retrieved May 22, 2018.