Section of RTD D Line closing for maintenance
Downtown light rail stations will re-open next week after months of construction closures.
A significant portion of the Regional Transportation District’s (RTD) D light rail line will be closed next week for necessary maintenance.
D Line trains will not operate north of Englewood Station — all the way to downtown Denver — starting Tuesday morning and running until Friday morning as maintenance crews replace overhead wires that provide power to the light rail trains, RTD said in a press release.
Final D Line departures on Monday will be at 10:12 p.m. at the Littleton-Mineral Station and 10:57 p.m. at the 18th-Stout Station. The line will then close until Friday morning.
Bus shuttles will replace the D Line service between the Englewood Station and I-25-Broadway stations during the maintenance. Commuters can then use the H Line or bus Route 0 to travel north toward downtown from the I-25-Broadway Station.
Boarding for bus shuttles will take place at the following locations:
- Englewood Station – Gate A
- Evans Station – Gate C
- I-25-Broadway Station – Gate A2
The closure comes on the heels of a bevy of RTD changes in the city as the agency “adjusts its schedule three times a year to address ridership changes, traffic patterns, maintenance activities and customer feedback that affect its bus and rail system,” RTD said in a separate release.
Other service changes
Starting Sunday, multiple RTD bus lines and trains will experience different schedules and service frequencies as the agency alternates its fall schedule.
Rail Services
- The D, H and L lines will again serve the Downtown Loop
- Frequency of E and H light rail service will increase to 30 minutes following completion of the Coping Panels Project in the Southeast Corridor
- The W Line will increase to 15-minute frequency weekdays 6 a.m.- 6 p.m. along the full alignment
Bus Services
- Route 0 will be divided into two separate routes: Route 0: Broadway, between Englewood and Union stations, and Route 0B: South Broadway, between Englewood and Highlands Ranch Town Center stations.
- Route 40 will increase to 15-minute frequency on the entire route weekdays 6 a.m.-6 p.m.
- Seasonal adjustments include: 11, 20, 24, 30, 51, 65, 73, 204, 225, DASH, JUMP, NB, SKIP
- Due to the completion of the Downtown Rail Reconstruction Project Phase One, the Free MallRide is restored to five-minute frequencies. Similarly, the 0L will return to peak-only service.
More information and commute planning services can be found at rtd-denver.com.
