Commuter rail station in Denver, Colorado
61st & Peña station (sometimes stylized as 61st•Peña) is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) commuter rail station on the A Line in Denver, Colorado . The station, accessible from Tower Road is located along Peña Boulevard , the sixth eastbound station from Union Station in Downtown Denver and first westbound from Denver Airport . It is about 28 minutes from Union Station and nine minutes from Denver Airport. 61st Avenue provides access from Tower Road to the station.
61st & Peña station has a Denver International Airport owned[ 3] 800-stall private park-and-ride lot not managed by RTD; it is not served by TheRide bus routes, unlike other A Line stations.[ 4]
The station, originally named "Peña Boulevard Station", was not originally in the public-private partnership construction and funding plans for the A Line. The station was a late addition to the A line project.[ 5] [ 6] 61st & Peña station opened on April 22, 2016, along with the rest of the A Line.[ 7]
The area surrounding the station is planned to be developed into a mixed-use , transit-oriented development called “Peña Station,”[ 8] with offices and housing, part of a proposed airport city surrounding Denver International Airport .[ 9] [ 10] Nearby developments may include up to 2,500 residential units, 1,500 hotel rooms, 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2 ) of retail space, and 1 to 1.5 million square feet (93,000 to 139,000 m2 ) of offices.[ 11]
References
^ "East & I-225 Rail Corridors Preliminary Service Plan" (PDF) . Regional Transportation District . June 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2022 .
^ "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF) . Regional Transportation District (RTD) . September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024 .
^ "Commuter Rail: Denver International Airport" . Flydenver.com . FlyDenver.com. Retrieved October 22, 2016 .
^ "University of Colorado A Line Stations & Parking" . RTD . Retrieved April 23, 2016 .
^ "New train station part of East Rail" . rtd-fastracks.com . Regional Transportation District. Retrieved August 20, 2015 .
^ "61st & Peña Station Area Plan" Archived June 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine , City and County of Denver , January 13, 2014
^ Whaley, Monte; Aguilar, John (April 22, 2016). "A-train to Denver airport opens to public, hundreds wait to ride" . The Denver Post . Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016 .
^ "RTD Will Add New Rail Station to East Rail Line to Serve Key Development" . ENR . Retrieved May 4, 2016 .
^ Proctor, Cathy (July 16, 2015). "RTD train station near DIA a go, officials say" . Denver Business Journal . Retrieved April 23, 2016 .
^ Svaldi, Aldo; Keeney, Laura (December 18, 2014). "Panasonic Enterprise Solutions a "first win" for Denver aerotropolis" . The Denver Post . Retrieved April 23, 2016 .
^ Rusch, Emilie (April 24, 2016). "Transit-oriented development chugging down the A-train tracks" . The Denver Post . Retrieved April 29, 2016 .
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