Oak station (RTD)
Oak is an at-grade light rail station on the W Line of the RTD Rail system. It is located near the intersection of West Colfax Avenue and Oak Street, after which the station is named, in Lakewood, Colorado.[1] The station is located within the Lakewood Industrial Park.
Oak | |||||||||||
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.JPG) Oak station platform, August 2013 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 1311 Oak Street[1] Lakewood, Colorado | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°44′14″N 105°07′12″W / 39.7373°N 105.1199°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | West Corridor[2] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  RTD Bus: 16, 17 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 200 spaces[1] | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 4 racks and 8 lockers[1] | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | Local[3] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | April 26, 2013 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 1,385 (avg. weekday)[4] | ||||||||||
| Rank | 45 out of 69 | ||||||||||
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The station opened on April 26, 2013, on 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.[5][6]
The area around station has seen transit-oriented development. A large complex of Terumo offices, the headquarters for the company's Blood and Cell Technologies division, opened inside the Lakewood Industrial Park in 2015.[7] The Oak Street Station Apartments, a 392,802-square-foot (36,492.5 m2) retail and housing development, opened in 2020.[8]
The station has a multi-gate bus transfer plaza served by RTD Bus routes and a 200 space park and ride lot.[1]
Station layout
| Side platform | |
| Westbound | ← W toward Jefferson County Government Center–Golden (Federal Center) |
| Eastbound | → W toward Union Station (Garrison) → |
| Side platform | |
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "RTD Station Info". Regional Transportation District. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ "W Line". Regional Transportation District. March 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ "Fares". Regional Transportation District. January 1, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Terumo BCT Opens Global Headquarters in Lakewood, Colorado". Terumo (Press release). April 16, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ "Oak Street Station". Ratio Design. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
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