E Line (RTD)

E Line (RTD)
Overview
Locale	Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area
Operation
Opened	November 17, 2006
Operator(s)	Regional Transportation District
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Minimum radius	(?)
Electrification	Overhead lines
Route map Legend Amtrak Union Station      C Line Pepsi Center/Elitch Gardens INVESCO Field at Mile High Auraria West West Corridor Light Rail (2013)      D Line      F Line      H Line 10th & Osage 6th Avenue Freeway Alameda I-25 I-25 & Broadway      C Line      D Line Louisiana & Pearl University of Denver Colorado Yale Southmoor      H Line      G Line (2017) Belleview Orchard Arapahoe at Village Center Dry Creek County Line C-470/E-470 Lincoln      F Line Sky Ridge Medical Center (2017) I-25 Lone Tree City Center (2017) RidgeGate Parkway      G Line (2017)

The E Line, sometimes known as the Purple Line, is part of the light rail system operated by the Regional Transportation District in the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area in Colorado. The line was added to the system on November 17, 2006, with the completion of the Southeast Corridor project (the "T-Rex Project"). It is one of four routes that are part of the RTD's service plan for the corridor. Although it operates seven days per week, the E line does not operate during midday hours on weekdays as of January 11, 2009.

The E Line's northern terminus is at Union Station in downtown Denver. It shares track with the C Line from Union Station to I-25/Broadway, then diverges by a level junction onto a flyover, and then parallels Interstate 25 from there to Lincoln Avenue in Lone Tree.

According to a map in the RTD's current service plan for the corridor, the E Line's color is purple (also referred to as 'plum').

Stations

Name	Opening Year	Interchange	Municipality	park-n-Ride?
E Line (Lincoln Avenue-Union Station)
Lincoln	2006	F Line	Lone Tree	Yes
County Line	2006	F Line	Lone Tree	Yes
Fare Zone Boundary
Dry Creek	2006	F Line	Centennial	Yes
Arapahoe at Village Center	2006	F Line	Greenwood Village	Yes
Orchard	2006	F Line	Greenwood Village	Yes
Belleview	2006	F Line	Denver	Yes
Southmoor	2006	F & H Lines	Denver	Yes
Fare Zone Boundary
Yale	2006	F & H Lines	Denver	Yes
Colorado	2006	F & H Lines	Denver	Yes
University of Denver	2006	F & H Lines	Denver	Yes
Louisiana/Pearl	2006	F & H Lines	Denver	No
Fare Zone Boundary
I-25/Broadway	1994	C, D, F, & H Lines	Denver	Yes
Alameda	1994	C, D, F, & H Lines	Denver	Yes
10th/Osage	1994	C, D, F, & H Lines	Denver	No
Auraria West Campus	2002	C Line	Denver	No
INVESCO Field at Mile High	2002	C Line	Denver	No
Pepsi Center/Elitch Gardens	2002	C Line	Denver	No
Union Station/ Lower Downtown (LoDo)/ Coors Field	2002	C Line Amtrak Ski Train FREE MallRide (16th St)	Denver	No

FasTracks

Main article: FasTracks

The 2004 voter-approved FasTracks initiative will add 2.3 mi (3.70 km) to the Southeast Corridor (E Line and F Line). It will also add three stations at Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree City Center and RidgeGate Parkway, with a 2,000 space parking lot at RidgeGate. This extension may open as soon as 2017.