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Stories Along the Line: Salute to Veterans
Construction on the I-225 Rail Line began this past spring. The 10.5-mile light rail line is part of the Regional Transportation District's (RTD) FasTracks transit program. When it opens in mid-2016, the new rail line is expected to ease traffic on one of the Denver area's busiest highways and connect passengers to some of the region's most important destinations.Before You Board: I-225 Rail is all about access
Riders will have access to downtown Aurora-one of the largest and most diverse cities in the Denver metropolitan region-and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the adjacent Fitzsimons Life Science District.Travelers will also be able to transfer at Peoria to the eastbound commuter rail line to Denver International Airport. FasTracks predicts that by 2020 daily ridership along the I-225 light rail corridor will reach 17,700.
Next Stop: Veterans Administration Hospital in Aurora

New VA Hospital under construction in Aurora
When it opens in 2015, the VA hospital is expected to serve 60,000 military veterans from Colorado and surrounding states and their families. The hospital is moving to its new site on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora to be closer to its affiliate, University of Colorado Hospital.
Many doctors who teach at the CU School of Medicine also treat patients at the VA hospital. The move is apropos as the medical campus is the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Hospital, the predecessor of the now-decommissioned Fitzsimons Army Medical Center.
Little Known Facts
Aurora is the third-largest stand-alone city in Colorado and Denver's largest suburb. It was incorporated as the small prairie town of Fletcher on April 30, 1891, and has grown to a city of 154 square miles with a population of 335,000 people.Fitzsimons, Lowry and Buckley
It also has a long military history that started with Fitzsimons Army Hospital, which was founded as Army Hospital 21 in the fall of 1918. It closed in 1999.
The old Fitzsimons Army Hospital near I-225 and Colfax in Aurora
Lowry Air Force Base opened in 1938 and served as home to the Air Force Academy from 1955-58 while the school's campus was built in Colorado Springs. Lowry closed in 1994. Buckley Air Force Base remains fully operational. It's an Air Force Space Command base that serves more than 92,000 active duty, National Guard, reserve and retired personnel across Colorado's Front Range corridor.
Army journalism training ground

The Fitzsimons Stethoscope