Knox | |||||||||||
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Location | 1245 Knox Court [1] Denver, Colorado | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°44′09″N105°01′58″W / 39.7357°N 105.0329°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Regional Transportation District | ||||||||||
Line(s) | West Corridor [2] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | RTD Bus: 1 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 6 racks [1] | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | Local [3] | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | April 26, 2013 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2014 | 694 (avg. weekday) [4] 13.3% | ||||||||||
Rank | 42 out of 44 [4] | ||||||||||
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Knox is an at-grade light rail station on the W Line of the RTD Rail system. It is located alongside the banks of the Lakewood Gulch at its intersection with Knox Court, after which the station is named. [1]
The station opened on April 26, 2013, on the West Corridor, built as part of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) FasTracks public transportation expansion plan and voter-approved sales tax increase for the Denver metropolitan area. [5] [6]
The station has stops for RTD Bus routes and has seen transit-oriented development, including a large apartment building.
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