Oak station is a light rail station on the W Line of the RTD rail system. It is located within the Lakewood Industrial Park, near the intersection of West Colfax Avenue and Oak Street, in Lakewood, Colorado. The station opened on April 26, 2013, and was built as part of the FasTracks public transportation expansion plan.
Station layout 1F Platform LevelOak Street; Rail Road; bus bays; parkingWestbound← toward Jeffco Government Center-Golden (Federal Center)Eastbound toward Union Station (Garrison) → Oak station serves as the connecting point for service to downtown Golden, which the W Line does not serve despite the name of its terminal station. Connections to Golden are facilitated by a multi-gate bus transfer plaza served by RTD bus routes. The station also features a 200-space parking lot.
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. The Oak Street Station Apartments, a retail and housing development, opened in 2020.
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