The only project scheduled to open before then is the West LRT line sometime in 2013. Then a BRT route to Boulder (which I feel should have been a branch of the commuter rail line to Longmont) opens in 2015. The latter is of no interest to us unless they change their minds and lay tracks.
The 2016 tier of routes scheduled to open:
- Central Extension: Extends what is currently the "D" route northward from 30th/Downing to 38th/Blake, where it will tie into an East Line commuter rail station.
- East Line: Electric MU commuter rail to Denver International Airport.
- Gold Line: Electric MU commuter rail to Wheat Ridge.
- I-225 Rail Line: Extension of current "H" branch of LRT to Peoria/Smith station on East Line.
- North Metro Rail Line: Commuter rail (EMU or DMU not yet decided) to 162nd Avenue.
- Northwest Rail Line: DMU commuter rail line to Longmont. With the Eagle P3 project the inner portion of this line may see service earlier.
- Southeast Rail Line: Extends 2+ miles of LRT (current "E" & "F" lines) beyond Lincoln to RidgeGate Parkway.
- Southwest Rail Line: Extends 2+ miles of LRT (current "C" & "D" lines) beyond Mineral Ave. in Littleton to Lucent Blvd. in Highlands Ranch.