Starting June 7, the Regional Transportation District’s latest bus and train service changes kick in, including adjustments to accommodate summer work on RTD’s multi-year $152 million project to reconstruct downtown tracks.
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Rail
The D, H, and L line trains will be suspended temporarily due to the construction, according to an agency announcement on Wednesday.
— Replacing the D Line service, RTD will temporarily reinstate the C Line connecting Denver Union Station with Mineral Station in Littleton.
— A temporary T Line between Lincoln Station in south metro Denver and the I-25/Broadway Station will run every 15 minutes on weekdays between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. The trains will run every 30 minutes between 6 p.m. and midnight on Sundays through Thursdays and until 2 a.m. on Saturdays.
— R Line rail service will extend farther south from Lincoln Station to the Sky Ridge, Lone Tree, and RidgeGate Parkway stations, running every 15 minutes from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends.
— RTD officials also will restore train frequencies on routes to northwest metro Denver — to 15 minutes on the G Line (running weekdays between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. and on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.), and to 30 minutes on the B Line (running weekdays 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.)
— E and W line schedules will be adjusted
Bus
— Routes where changes will be made include: 0, 0L, 7, 10, 11, 15, 15L, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 28, 36, 37, 38, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 53, 73, 80, 92, 104L, 112, 120, 204, 225, 228, 324, 520, ART, DASH, DTFX (Denver Tech Center FlexRide), FlexRide, FREE, GS, JUMP, LD3, NB, PLFX (Platte Valley FlexRide), and SKIP
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— RTD will use a state grant to improve bus service on the following routes: 0L, 10, 16th Street FreeRide, 19, 21, 37, 43, 53, 80, 104L, ART, and 287
— The 16th Street FreeRide will run every 3 minutes, increased from its 4 1/2-minute frequency
–Buses on the 0L and 43 routes around midday will run every 7 1/2 minutes
–Buses on the 104L route will arrive five minutes earlier on weekends for better connections to the N Line
— Schedule updates will affect the following routes: 0, 0L, 7, 10, 11,15, 15L, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 36, 37, 43, 44, 51, 92, 104L, 204, 225, 228A, 324, ART, DASH, FREE, GS, JUMP, LD3, NB1, NB2, and SKIP
RTD staffers monitor the transit system and make changes three times a year based on factors including traffic patterns, economic conditions, and customer feedback.
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