Jefferson County Government Center–Golden | |||||||||||
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.JPG.webp) Jefferson County Government Center–Golden station, seen from the park and ride garage | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Other names | JeffCo Gov't Cntr•Golden[1] | ||||||||||
| Location | 605 Johnson Road[1] Golden, Colorado | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°43′35″N 105°12′04″W / 39.72639°N 105.20111°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | West Corridor | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  RTD Bus: Golden FlexRide | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 705 spaces[1] | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 6 racks and 12 lockers,[1] 6th Avenue Trail[2] | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | C[1] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | April 26, 2013 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 1,547 (avg. weekday)[3] | ||||||||||
| Rank | 31 out of 44[3] | ||||||||||
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Jefferson County Government Center–Golden station (sometimes stylized and abbreviated as JeffCo Gov't Cntr•Golden) is an at-grade light rail station on the W Line of the RTD Rail system. It is located near the intersection of 6th Avenue and Johnson Road, on grounds of the Jefferson County Government Center in Golden, Colorado, after which the station is named.[1]
The station opened on April 26, 2013, as the western terminus of the West Corridor, built as part of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) FasTracks public transportation expansion plan and voter-approved sales tax increase for the Denver metropolitan area.[4][5]
Jefferson County Government Center–Golden station has a 705 space park and ride garage and a bus stop served by the Golden FlexRide, a demand-responsive transport service operated by RTD Bus, serving the city of Golden.[1] The station also has bicycle parking racks, lockers and a connection to the 6th Avenue Trail, a multi-use trail that runs along U.S. Route 6.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jefferson County Government Center - Golden Station
- ↑ "6th Avenue Trail". City of Golden, Colorado. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
- 1 2 "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
- ↑ "W Line Fact Sheet" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ↑ T.R. Witcher. "Denver Opens Long-Awaited Extension to Transit System". Civil Engineering Magazine. Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2020.