RTD readies I-225 Line for integration into current system

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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Work just north of the Nine Mile Station
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In the very near future, Denver's Regional Transportation District (RTD) Nine Mile Station near I-225 and Parker Road in Aurora, will no longer be an end-of-line station for the light-rail system.

 

When the R Line opens, the new end-of-line station, Peoria Station (at Peoria and I-70), will be on the north end and the H Line will end at Florida Station (Florida and I-225). Before these changes can take place, the I-225 Rail Line project team must conduct a cutover.

“The process to tie in elements of the new system with the current systems elements starts October 9,” said R Line Rail Systems Engineering Project Manager Jason Barber.

Meanwhile, crews will begin the cutover at Nine Mile Station by integrating the overhead contact system. Other critical systems to be tied in later include track switches, supervisory control and data acquisition, signals, communications and rail. The cutover work is starting more than a year before the R Line opens.

After the work is completed, electric lines will be live up to the Yale Bridge.

The I-225 Rail Line is a 10.5-mile light-rail line within the cities of Aurora and Denver that will provide key regional connections to the East and Southeast rail lines.

This new R line, which is scheduled to open at the end of 2016, will connect to such major activity centers as the Aurora City Center, Anschutz Medical Center and Denver International Airport through a transfer at Peoria Station to the A Line.

 

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