Lamar is an at-grade
light rail station on the
W Line of the
RTD Rail system. It is located near the intersection of West 13th Avenue and Lamar Street, after which the station is named, in
Lakewood, Colorado
The City of Lakewood is the home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 155,984 at the 2020 U.S. Census making Lakewood the fifth most populous city in Col ...
.
The station is located within Lakewood's 40 West Arts District, not far from the businesses on West
Colfax Avenue
Colfax Avenue is the main street that runs east–west through the Denver metropolitan area in Colorado. As U.S. Highway 40, it was one of two principal highways serving Denver before the Interstate Highway System was constructed. In the local ...
and about from the campus of the
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.
The station opened on April 26, 2013, on the West Corridor, built as part of the
Regional Transportation District
The Regional Transportation District, more commonly referred to as RTD, is the regional agency operating public transit services in eight out of the twelve counties in the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area in the U.S. state of Col ...
(RTD)
FasTracks public transportation expansion plan and voter-approved sales tax increase for the
Denver metropolitan area.
The area around Lamar station has seen
transit-oriented development
In urban planning, transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport. It promotes a symbiotic relationship between ...
, including three joint housing and retail buildings.
References
Transportation in Lakewood, Colorado
RTD light rail stations
W Line (RTD)
Railway stations in the United States opened in 2013
2013 establishments in Colorado
Transportation buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Colorado
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