Project Background

The Southwest Corridor light rail line opened in July 2000 as an 8.7-mile extension from I-25/Broadway to Mineral Avenue in Littleton.  The Southwest Corridor has five stations with nearly 2,600 parking spaces.  

The Southwest Corridor Extension will make the Southwest line even more successful than it is today.  Enhancements include improving existing stations so that they can accommodate four-car trains, adding a total of 440 parking spaces at the Englewood Station, and extending the line south from Mineral Avenue to Lucent Boulevard in Highlands Ranch with a new station at C-470/Lucent Boulevard with 1,000 new parking spaces.  Finally, a new station will be added in Englewood at Bates Avenue when a new planned development is constructed.