40th Avenue & Airport Boulevard–Gateway Park station (often abbreviated as 40th Ave & Airport Blvd-Gateway Park or simply 40th & Airport-Gateway Park) is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) commuter rail station on the A Line in Aurora, Colorado. The station opened on April 22, 2016, along with the rest of the A Line.
Station layout 1F Platform LevelPeña BoulevardWestbound← toward Union Station (Peoria)Eastbound toward Denver Airport (61st & Peña) →Salida Street; bus bays; parking 40th & Airport-Gateway Park station is located in Aurora, but the line between Adams County and Denver County is immediately north of the station. As such, it primarily serves the Denver neighborhood of Gateway-Green Valley Ranch. Riders of westbound trains must cross the A Line tracks to exit the station, as there is no access to it from the west. The station is served by several bus routes and was integrated into a preexisting 1,079-space park-and-ride lot at the station site.
Public art 40th Ave & Airport Blvd–Gateway Park station features a public art piece titled Time Present as a part of RTD's Art-n-Transit program. The sculptures, painted by Molly Dilworth, consist of painted metal polyhedrons. The piece sits at roughly 50 feet wide and 12 feet tall and is mounted on the station's east platform wall. Time Present was inspired by Buckminster Fuller and said to honor experimentation, innovation, and future problem solving.
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