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Denver’s RTD permanently drops two light rail routes

By Trains Staff | December 16, 2022

| Last updated on February 10, 2024


C, F lines had been suspended during pandemic

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DENVER — The Regional Transportation District will permanently discontinue two light rail lines that had been dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of schedule changes beginning in January.

Dropped will be the C line, from Denver Union Station to the Littleton-Mineral station, and the F line, from 18th and California in downtown Denver to RidgeGate Parkway in Lone Tree. Those routes have been consolidated with other lines — with the D replacing the C and the E replacing the F.

In announcing the changes — which come as the same time as a number of modifications to bus lines, the RTD said they support the System Optimization Plan released in July, “which aimes to increase ridership and address changing travel needs while improving service performance, efficiency, and quality.”

A number of other RTD rail lines are seeing minor schedule adjustments as of Jan. 8. Details are available here.

Map of Denver rail transit lines
A map of the Denver-area Regional Transportaion District rail system. The two light rail lines to be discontinued, the C and F — which had already been suspended — are shown in gray. A larger version of the map is available at the RTD website.

3 thoughts on “Denver’s RTD permanently drops two light rail routes

  1. So, no actual ROUTES were eliminated. Trains were cut, but routes are untouched. Can we be a bit more accurate in our reporting?

  2. This will mean a change of trains for many riders, including myself, depending on destination, instead of a one-seat ride.

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