- Arrival into DEN is scheduled to be 6:38 PM on Thursday night. If you need the light rail to get to your hotel, it runs until very late at night. There are 3 routes that operate from Union Station, although the C route only runs until about an hour after that time. Afterwards one can transfer between the E and D lines at the I-25/Broadway station.
- There is a free MallRide Shuttle bus that operates along 16th Street in downtown Denver. It begins and ends at Union Station and may provide you with free access to your hotel even if more than several blocks away.
- Many hotels are clustered within downtown Denver, but there may be other affordable properties you could travel further to, such as along the Southeast line by the Denver Tech Center.
You may also wish to consider that a hotel can hold your luggage after checkout since you'll be leaving town on Friday evening. That being the case, your hotel would need to be relatively close to the station so you can later return to pickup your luggage.
With the above points in mind, a guide to hotels near rail transportation is here.