Olde Town Arvada station is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) commuter rail station on the G Line in Arvada, Colorado. The station opened on April 26, 2019, along with the rest of the G Line.
The station serves Olde Town Arvada, which contains numerous shops, restaurants, and apartments. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and sits across the street from the platform. With an average of nearly 1,300 passengers per day, Olde Town Arvada is the second-busiest station on the G Line (after Union Station).
Station layout 4F Platform LevelGrandview Avenue; Olde Town Arvada← toward Wheat Ridge/Ward (Arvada Ridge) or toward Union Station (60th & Sheridan/Arvada Gold Strike) →Parking garage3FParking garage2FParking garage1FBus bays; parking garage; entrance from Vance Street Olde Town Arvada station features 600 parking spaces in a 4-level parking garage, shared with local businesses. The land surrounding the station is densely developed on all sides. The area's density required the station to be built with a single platform and for the G Line to narrow to a single track. It returns to a double-track right-of-way soon after leaving the station in both directions.
The station's bus bays are located on the first floor of the parking garage. Passengers making a bus connection must cross the G Line track at either Vance Street or Olde Wadsworth Boulevard, walk onto the top floor of the parking garage, and then take stairs or an elevator down. The same trip is required in reverse for passengers arriving from a bus connection.
The public art chosen for the station is "Track Bone" by Frank Swanson. It reflects how the railroad was in many ways the backbone of Arvada when it was founded in 1870. The sculpture is made of Red Colorado Granite cut into sections of railroad track and is long, high, and wide.
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