Red Rocks College is an at-grade light rail station on the W Line of the RTD Rail system. It is located alongside 6th Avenue at its intersection with Arbutus Drive in Lakewood, Colorado.RTD Station Info
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Red Rocks Community College Red Rocks Community College (RRCC) is a Public university, public community college in Lakewood, Colorado, Lakewood and Arvada, Colorado. It is part of the Colorado Community College System. History RRCC was established in 1969 as a campus ...

campus, after which the station is named. The station opened on April 26, 2013, on the West Corridor, built as part of the Regional Transportation District (RTD)

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public transportation expansion plan and voter-approved sales tax increase for the

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. The station has received criticism for being "convenient to nothing" as the Red Rocks College campus is uphill from the station, with the only walkway along a meandering street. Other than the college, the land around the station has seen little development. The station also has no park and ride lot and no pedestrian bridge across the 6th Avenue Freeway. It is the least used station on the RTD's Light Rail system.

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Transportation in Lakewood, Colorado RTD light rail stations W Line (RTD) Railway stations in the United States opened in 2013 2013 establishments in Colorado Railway stations in Colorado at university and college campuses Transportation buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Colorado {{Colorado-railstation-stub