61st & Peña station

61st & Peña  A
61st & Peña station
General information
Other names	61st•Peña
Location	6045 North Richfield Street Denver, Colorado
Coordinates	39°48′25.3″N 104°47′02.4″W
Owned by	Regional Transportation District
Line(s)	East Corridor[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	800 spaces (paid lot managed by Denver International Airport)
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	April 22, 2016 (2016-04-22)
Passengers
2019	1,419 (avg. weekday)[2]
Rank	44 out of 69
Services
Preceding station RTD Following station 40th Ave & Airport Blvd–Gateway Park toward Union Station A Line Denver Airport Terminus
Location

61st & Peña station (sometimes stylized as 61st•Peña) is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) commuter rail station on the A Line in Denver, Colorado. The station, accessible from Tower Road is located along Peña Boulevard, the sixth eastbound station from Union Station in Downtown Denver and first westbound from Denver Airport. It is about 28 minutes from Union Station and nine minutes from Denver Airport. 61st Avenue provides access from Tower Road to the station.

61st & Peña station has a Denver International Airport owned^[3] 800-stall private park-and-ride lot not managed by RTD; it is not served by TheRide bus routes, unlike other A Line stations.^[4]

The station, originally named "Peña Boulevard Station", was not originally in the public-private partnership construction and funding plans for the A Line. The station was a late addition to the A line project.^[5][6] 61st & Peña station opened on April 22, 2016, along with the rest of the A Line.^[7]

The area surrounding the station is planned to be developed into a mixed-use, transit-oriented development called “Peña Station,”^[8] with offices and housing, part of a proposed airport city surrounding Denver International Airport.^[9][10] Nearby developments may include up to 2,500 residential units, 1,500 hotel rooms, 500,000 square feet (46,000 m²) of retail space, and 1 to 1.5 million square feet (93,000 to 139,000 m²) of offices.^[11]

References

1. "East & I-225 Rail Corridors Preliminary Service Plan" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. June 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
2. "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
3. "Commuter Rail: Denver International Airport". Flydenver.com. FlyDenver.com. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
4. "University of Colorado A Line Stations & Parking". RTD. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
5. "New train station part of East Rail". rtd-fastracks.com. Regional Transportation District. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
6. "61st & Peña Station Area Plan" Archived June 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, City and County of Denver, January 13, 2014
7. Whaley, Monte; Aguilar, John (April 22, 2016). "A-train to Denver airport opens to public, hundreds wait to ride". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
8. "RTD Will Add New Rail Station to East Rail Line to Serve Key Development". ENR. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
9. Proctor, Cathy (July 16, 2015). "RTD train station near DIA a go, officials say". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
10. Svaldi, Aldo; Keeney, Laura (December 18, 2014). "Panasonic Enterprise Solutions a "first win" for Denver aerotropolis". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
11. Rusch, Emilie (April 24, 2016). "Transit-oriented development chugging down the A-train tracks". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 29, 2016.