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[KevinKorell]

KUSA-TV, Channel 9 in Denver, CO, 4/3/23:
 

 

    E, H, R line service to be reduced through October   

 

A six-month maintenance project will significantly impact three light rail lines in the Denver area.

 

Full story

[CNJRoss]

Progressive Railroading, 2/29/24

 

Downtown Denver light-rail reconstruction project to start in May

 

In May, the Regional Transportation District-Denver (RTD) expects to begin the first phase of construction for a $152 million, multiphased project to reconstruct light-rail track in downtown Denver.

 

It will be the first major reconstruction project of its kind in the agency's history, RTD officials said in a news release.  . . .

 

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No light-rail service will operate in RTD's central corridor through September 2024. Following completion of the project’s first phase in September, crews will pause reconstruction work until 2025, and all light-rail services will resume normal operations.

 

 

More here.  

 

RTD Project Web Page:  Downtown Rail Reconstruction Project

[CNJRoss]

Railway Track and Structures, 2/29/24

 

RTD To Begin 1st Phase of Light Rail Reconstruction Project in May

 

DENVER – In the first phase of a multi-phase major reconstruction project of its downtown light rail, RTD will focus on five at-grade rail and street intersections.

 

The Regional Transportation District (RTD) will begin a reconstruction project for light rail track in downtown Denver. Starting in May, the first of multiple phases will focus on five segments of at-grade rail and street intersections in the Downtown Loop at $152 million.  . . .

 

 

Continue here.  

[KevinKorell]

Westword, 3/28/24:

 

 

    RTD Rail Construction Bringing Major Changes to Downtown Routes  

 

 

Big changes are coming to Regional Transportation District (RTD) buses and light rail lines this May, particularly in downtown Denver.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Trains magazine,  3/28/24:

 

 

    Denver light rail to see significant cuts in frequency during downtown construction    

 

 

The Regional Transportation District will temporarily cut light rail service to one train per hour on some lines as of May 26, the Denver Post reports, saying the reduced frequencies are necessary to address maintenance that has been deferred, but risking abandonment for cars by riders who have that option.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Denver, CO Gazette, 3/29/24:

 

 

    Long, hot, frustrating summer in store for Denver RTD light rail transit users  

 

There’s a long, hot, frustrating summer in store for RTD light rail transit users.

 

The Regional Transportation District is undertaking a $152 million renovation of rail lines that will shut down the 5.3 miles of the "downtown loop" rail service, delay train arrivals, and divert many outlying trains to Union Station rather than their customary downtown endpoints.

 

This is the story.

[KevinKorell]

Colorado Public Radio, 5/20/24:

 

 

 

   RTD will shut down central downtown light rail service all summer to make up for years of delayed maintenance  

 

 

The steel was disintegrating. The concrete was crumbling.

 

A section of the Regional Transportation District’s downtown light rail track was in such poor condition in November 2022, that the agency predicted a high chance of a “catastrophic” event if it wasn’t fixed. RTD classified the track at 19th and Stout streets as “condemned” and restricted its trains to just 3 miles per hour until it was later replaced.

 

Full story

[KevinKorell]

Denver, CO Gazette, 8/9/24:

 

 

   Downtown light rail repairs on schedule for completion in about three weeks    

 

 

Repairs to the downtown light rail loop are forging ahead on schedule. The complete reconstruction of the tracks on 15th Street at Stout and California in less than three weeks allowed the Regional Transportation District to reopen the intersections to traffic ahead of Tuesday’s rush hour traffic, according to a news release.

 

Update

[KevinKorell]

Railway, Track, & Structures, 8/13/24:

 

 

     RTD’s Downtown Rail Replacement Project Past Halfway Point    

 

 

RT&S has been reporting on the ongoing rail reconstruction in downtown Denver. RTD has reported its reconstruction of the light rail tracks at Stout and California on 15th Street was completed in less than three weeks. Currently, two of the five intersections are left to be reconstructed. 

 

 

This is the latest.

[KevinKorell]

KDVR-TV, Fox-31 in Denver, CO,  8/30/24:
 

 

  First phase of RTD’s rail reconstruction project finished ahead of schedule     

 

 

The Regional Transportation District said crews completed the first phase of the Downtown Rail Reconstruction Project, and they did so ahead of schedule.

 

Story here.

 

If the project is completely done, has anyone questioned why they did not restore service on the downtown hub right away rather than waiting 3 weeks until the next official general timetable change?