Yeah, you're right. I was just looking at the time line function on google earth the other day and noticed that when I backed it up to the mid-nineties.
Baseline started in 1994, this part of the line was built in the early 2000's to Union Station. Ever since, the taxpayers can't stop funding extensions: The Southeast LRT to Longmont and the Southwest LRT to Lincoln/Nine Mile under T-REX, as well as the recent and under construction "Fastracks" project that includes commuter rail and a BRT line.
No, Union Station LRT station was built in the early 2000's when the Central Platte Vally extension was constructed. The downtown "loop" was the original portion completed in 1994 from 18th/ California to I-25/Broadway station. It was about 4 miles long at first, and was for all practical purposes a downtown park-n-ride from Broadway.
This was Denver's first LRT station back in the 90's. They now have somewhere around 40 miles of LRT with a grand total of 150 miles of LRT and CRT to come online by 2017. Union Station of course has been around for more than a century but has been redone and will again for the new transit.
Yeah, you're right. I was just looking at the time line function on google earth the other day and noticed that when I backed it up to the mid-nineties.
mikoguy 2 years ago
Excellent little clip!
Trainzcool 2 years ago
Baseline started in 1994, this part of the line was built in the early 2000's to Union Station. Ever since, the taxpayers can't stop funding extensions: The Southeast LRT to Longmont and the Southwest LRT to Lincoln/Nine Mile under T-REX, as well as the recent and under construction "Fastracks" project that includes commuter rail and a BRT line.
Trainzcool 2 years ago
No, Union Station LRT station was built in the early 2000's when the Central Platte Vally extension was constructed. The downtown "loop" was the original portion completed in 1994 from 18th/ California to I-25/Broadway station. It was about 4 miles long at first, and was for all practical purposes a downtown park-n-ride from Broadway.
Trainzcool 2 years ago
This was Denver's first LRT station back in the 90's. They now have somewhere around 40 miles of LRT with a grand total of 150 miles of LRT and CRT to come online by 2017. Union Station of course has been around for more than a century but has been redone and will again for the new transit.
mikoguy 2 years ago
is this a new construction or has this been in existence for a while
garycalgary 2 years ago