Denver-to-DIA train opening Friday, and it’s considered a game-changer
Twenty-three miles. Thirty-seven minutes. Nine dollars.
That’s the distance, the duration and the price of a one-way trip between Union Station and Denver International Airport on the A-Line, which opens Friday.
The Regional Transportation District’s train to the airport is a major new option for thousands of daily travelers, who until now had to rely on taxis, ride-hailing services, buses and their own vehicles to get to DIA.
The $1.2 billion project, the first commuter rail line in Colorado, is the culmination of a plan hatched approximately three decades ago, when the idea arose of moving Denver’s airport from its old Stapleton location to a new site on the outskirts of the city.
It took 15 years for voters to give their blessing to the A-Line with a yes vote on the 2004.
Chip Balthrop, Transportation Supervisor for Denver Transit Partners, disembarks from a FasTracks train parked at the station platforms at Denver International Airport on April 12, 2016 in Denver. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
