About:Denver RTD/service change/8-26-2018

Denver RTD 8-26-2018

Changes impacting your service

At RTD, we're committed to building and operating the most productive, efficient transit system for the communities we serve. Every day, activities occur within our community that can affect our transit system - traffic patterns, economic factors, ridership and customer feedback. We respond by making changes to our bus and rail system three times a year. These changes help to improve our service by maximizing the efficiency of existing resources, reducing duplication of service, and making better connections with bus, rail, and specialty services. These services changes will take effect on August 26, 2018.

Final service changes

Routes affected

• Local Routes 3L, 10, 15, 20, 24, 26, 27, 42, 46, 59, 73, 85, 92, 100L, 120, 133, 153, 169, 204, 206/206F, 208/208F, 209, 401, DASH, Free MallRide, SKIP, STAMPEDE
• Regional Routes AA, AT, BOLT, CV/CS/CX, EV/ES/EX

Final Changes for Local/Limited Bus Routes

• route 3L
  Trips at 5:04 p.m. and 5:24 p.m. will be consolidated into a new trip at 5:14 p.m. leaving Civic Center Station. In addition, Weekday trips arriving downtown Denver after 1:30 a.m will terminate at 18th and Larimer.
• route 10
  Saturday service east of Clermont Street will be discontinued due to low ridership. Alternate service will be available on routes 6 and 15. Also, schedule adjustments will be made in Capitol Hill.
• route 15
  Schedule adjustments will be made. In addition, trips arriving downtown Denver between 1:45 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. will terminate on Wewatta and 18th Street.
• route 20
  Saturday and Sunday service frequency will be reduced from 30 minutes to 60 minutes before 10:00 a.m. and after 6:00 p.m.
• route 24
  Weekday northbound trips at 5:03 a.m. and 9:34 p.m., and southbound trips at 4:43 a.m. and 9:13 p.m. will be discontinued due to low ridership. In addition, Saturday northbound trips at 5:39 a.m., 6:39 a.m. and 7:34 p.m., and southbound trips at 6:13 a.m. and 8:13 p.m. will be discontinued due to low ridership.
• route 26
  The operation of Route 27 will be separated into two routes, routes 26 and 27, and service between the Englewood Station and University Hills will be discontinued. The new Route 26 West Yale Avenue will operate between Southwest Plaza and the Englewood Station as the former Route 27. The Route 27 East Yale will operate between University Hills and Ulster � Tufts as the current routing. Service hours and frequency will remain similar to current service.
• route 27
  The operation of Route 27 will be separated into two routes, routes 26 and 27, and service between the Englewood Station and University Hills will be discontinued. The new Route 26 West Yale Avenue will operate between Southwest Plaza and the Englewood Station as the former Route 27. The Route 27 East Yale will operate between University Hills and Ulster � Tufts as the current routing. Service hours and frequency will remain similar to current service.
• route 42
  Schedule adjustments will be made.
• route 46
  Sunday service frequency will be reduced from 30 minutes to 60 minutes.
• route 59
  Schedule adjustments will be made.
• route 73
  Sunday service frequency will be reduced from 30 minutes to 60 minutes before 9:00 a.m. and after 8:00 p.m.
• route 85discontinued
  Service will be discontinued due to low ridership. Alternate service will be available on the South Jeffco Call-n-Ride.
• route 92
  Minor schedule adjustments will be made.
• route 100L
  In an effort to better match service to customer demand, routes CV/CS/CX and EV/ES/EX will be restructured by reducing service between Federal Center Station and Conifer/Evergreen. Six rush-hour trips between Federal Center Station and Civic Center Station will be added to replace discontinued trips on routes CS and ES. Schedule adjustments to and from Ken Caryl Ranch will also be made.See routes [#routeCV CV/CS/CX] and [#routeEV EV/ES/EX] for additional changes.
• route 120
  Minor schedule adjustments will be made.
• route 133
  Weekday northbound trips at 6:11 a.m. and 8:11 a.m. from Nine Mile Station will be discontinued due to low ridership. Alternate trips are available 15 minutes earlier or later than the trips to be cancelled.
• route 153
  The weekend northbound trip at 4:35 a.m. from Aurora Metro Center Station will be discontinued due to low ridership. Alternate trips are available approximately 30 minutes earlier or later.
• route 157
  Service frequency will be reduced from 30 minutes to 60 minutes due to low ridership.
• route 169
  The weekday and weekend northbound trip at 3:13 a.m. will be discontinued due to low ridership.
• route 204
  Weekend service will be discontinued south of Downtown Boulder Station, between Downtown Boulder Station and Table Mesa due to low ridership. Alternate service will be available along Broadway and within the �-mile of the current routing along Moorhead Drive on routes DASH, SKIP, and 225.
• route 206/206F
  Minor schedule adjustments will be made.
• route 208/208F
  Minor schedule adjustments will be made.
• route 209
  Morning and evening rush-hour service frequency will be reduced from 15 minutes to 30 minutes, and midday service frequency will be reduced from 30 minutes to 60 minutes, due to low ridership.
• route 401
  Eastbound trips from the Littleton Mineral Station will use Gate B.
• route DASH
  ESeasonal service changes will be made.
• route Free MallRide
  In an effort to better match service to customer demand, weekday service frequency will be reduced from every 90 seconds to every 180 seconds between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
• route SKIP
  Seasonal service changes will be made.
• route STAMPEDE
  In cooperation with the City of Boulder and University of Colorado, service on Route STAMPEDE will be discontinued between Colorado Avenue/Discovery Drive and Marine Street/30th Street, due to University of Colorado Boulder taking over this portion of the route with Buff bus service. In addition, service frequency will be every 10 minutes from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and every 15 minutes 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the route between Euclid Avenue/18th Street and Innovation Drive/Discovery Drive. Additional late evening trips between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. will be added to serve University of Colorado East Campus.

Final Changes for Regional Routes

• route AA
  Minor schedule adjustments will be made.
• route AT
  The first two northbound trips at 3:03 a.m. and 3:33 a.m. departing from Arapahoe at Village Center Station will be moved to originate instead from Nine Mile Station at 3:17 a.m. and 3:47 a.m., and move the last two southbound trips arriving at Arapahoe Village Center Station at 12:52 a.m. and 1:52 a.m. to instead terminate at Nine Mile Station at 12:40 a.m. and 1:40 a.m.
• route BOLT
  Minor schedule adjustments will be made.
• route CV/CS/CX
  Service on Route CS between Federal Center Station and Conifer will be reduced to one trip in each direction. The eastbound morning trip will arrive at 6:23 a.m. at the Federal Center Station. The westbound afternoon trip will depart Federal Center Station at 4:18 p.m. In addition, westbound morning and eastbound evening trips on CV/CS/CX will be discontinued. Route CX trips will be converted to Route CV, which will provide five eastbound trips in the morning rush-hour and five westbound trips in the afternoon rush-hour. Schedule adjustments will be made to all remaining CV trips.Alternate service will be available on Route 100L or the W Line for riders traveling between the Federal Center Station and downtown Denver. See Route 100L for additional changes.
• route EV/ES/EX
  Service on Route ES between Federal Center Station and Evergreen will be reduced to one trip in each direction. The eastbound morning trip will arrive at 7:49 a.m. at the Federal Center Station. The westbound afternoon trip will depart Federal Center Station at 5:11 p.m. Route EX will provide two rush-hour trips in each direction, and Route EV will provide three trips in each direction. Service will also be discontinued between the Evergreen and Aspen Park Park-n-Rides. All trips will start and terminate at the Evergreen Park-n-Ride. Service will not operate through downtown Evergreen, and the Lutheran Church Park-n-Ride will permanently close. In addition, westbound trips in the morning rush-hour and eastbound trips in the afternoon rush-hour will be discontinued on all EV/ES/EX service.Alternate service will be available on Route 100L or the W Line for riders traveling between the Federal Center Station and downtown Denver. See Route 100L for additional changes.