An outbound Denver RTD Southeast Rail Line light rail train meets an inbound train at the Denver University station in 2018. The extension of the Southeast line from the Lincoln station to three stations in Lone Tree, Colo., opened on Friday.
TRAINS: David Lassen
LONE TREE, Colo. — Denver’s Regional Transportation District has opened a 2.3-mile extension of its light rail system, extending the Southeast Rail Line with three stations in Lone Tree.
The $238-million project, which opened Friday, is expected to spur development of 2,000 acres of mostly open land east of Interstate 25 — one reason Lone Tree and local stakeholders contributed $25 million to the project, the Denver Post reports. Construction of the extension began in 2015.
It is the sixth opening of an RTD service in a three-year period, which RTD General Manager and CEO Dave Genova called “unprecedented,” KDVR-TV news reports.
