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RidgeGate Parkway station is a light rail station in
Lone Tree, Colorado The City of Lone Tree is a home rule municipality located in northern Douglas County, Colorado, United States. Lone Tree is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city population was 10,218 at the 2010 U ...
, part of the
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(RTD) system in the Denver metropolitan area. It is the terminus of two lines: the E Line to
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and the R Line to
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. However, the R Line currently terminates at
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due to low ridership in this area of Lone Tree which is still under construction and amid generally lower ridership due to the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport The COVID-19 pandemic had a large impact on public transport. Many countries advised that public transport should only be used when essential; passenger numbers fell drastically, and services were reduced. Provision of a reasonable service for t ...
. The station consists of two
side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...
s located adjacent to the interchange of Interstate 25 and RidgeGate Parkway. It also has a 1,300-stall parking garage and bicycle facilities. This station was built as part of the Southeast Rail Extension to RidgeGate, which began in 2016 and cost $223 million. It opened on May 17, 2019. The RidgeGate area was annexed into Lone Tree in 2000 and is planned to anchor a major office and residential development, comprising much of Lone Tree's planned city center.


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RTD light rail stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 2019 Transportation buildings and structures in Douglas County, Colorado 2019 establishments in Colorado {{Colorado-railstation-stub