Union Station (Denver)

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Denver Union Station
The front of Denver's Union Station, facing Wynkoop Street
Station statistics
Address	1701 Wynkoop Street Denver, CO 80202
Lines	Amtrak: California Zephyr RTD: C Line E Line
Connections	Thruway Motorcoach - D&RGW Ski Train - Regional highway coaches for Boulder County points - other express and local bus routes
Other information
Accessible
Code	DEN
Owned by	RTD and partners
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	123,273 ▲ 3.3% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Fraser-Winter Park toward Emeryville California Zephyr Fort Morgan toward Chicago Preceding station   RTD   Following station Terminus C Line Pepsi Center/Elitch Gardens toward Littleton/Mineral E Line Pepsi Center/Elitch Gardens toward Lincoln

Union Station is Denver, Colorado, USA's historic train station at 17th and Wynkoop in the LoDo district. The station first opened in 1881[1]. After the original structure was destroyed by fire in 1894 it was rebuilt in Beaux-Arts style. During its heyday, it was served by 80 daily trains operated by six different railroads. Today it still serves passenger traffic, including:

• Amtrak's California Zephyr
• Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad's Ski Train, between Denver and the Winter Park Ski Resort.
• C Line and E Line light rail routes.

RTD C Line train heading beyond the station platform to turn back. Destination sign says "Lincoln" as it will re-enter service on E Line

Under a public/private consortium, the station and the surrounding 19.5 acres (79,000 m²) will soon be the hub of Denver's new FasTracks rail network, under the Regional Transportation District's master plan for the station site, officially known as the Denver Union Terminal. Eight teams of prominent architects, developers and engineers competed in 2002 for the massive contract to redevelop the station into a transit-oriented retail, office and residential complex, with a budget in the range of $900 million.

No architect is credited in any of the official information on the station.

[edit] External links

• Amtrak - Stations - Denver Union Station

• Ridership figures, FY 2004
• Ridership figures, FY 2005
• Ridership figures, FY 2006
• Ridership figures, FY 2007

• Denver Union Station
• Denver Union Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)
• Ski Train (includes Flash content on home page which makes sound; however site is fully usable without Flash)
• Platte Valley & Western HO Scale Model Railroad in the Basement of the station - open Friday Nights 7pm to 9pm

• Union Station (Denver) is at coordinates 39°45′12″N 105°00′00″W / 39.753187, -105.000093 (Union Station (Denver))Coordinates: 39°45′12″N 105°00′00″W / 39.753187, -105.000093 (Union Station (Denver))

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