Regional Transportation District officials on Friday announced the end of slow zone speed restrictions for northbound D Line light rail trains and the shortening of a slow zone along the E and H lines as part of the agency’s catch-up maintenance to fix and replace deteriorating tracks.
But riders on the RTD’s A Line between Denver International Airport and the Peoria Station will be diverted to bus shuttles on Saturday, Feb. 15 to facilitate track maintenance.
Next week, riders on RTD’s H and R lines along the Interstate 225 corridor between the Florida and Southmoor stations also will face temporary delays as work crews conduct rail-grinding maintenance, agency officials announced. That work is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 11 through Thursday, Feb. 13 between 4:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Bus shuttles will ferry riders between five light rail stations, officials said.
Along the A Line, regular service will continue between Denver Union Station and Peoria Station on Feb. 15. The rail service between Peoria and DIA will resume by noon, officials said. This maintenance “will improve the commuter line’s overall reliability and safety,” officials said. A-Line riders can board the bus shuttles at the Denver Airport Station, the 61st and Pena Station, the 40th Avenue and Airport Boulevard Gateway Park Station, and the Peoria Station.
Starting last June, RTD officials imposed slow zones where trains crawl at 10 miles per hour after track inspections found problems. Speed restrictions will continue until track replacements and fixes are completed.
The slow zone south of the Yale Station has been shortened by about 2,200 feet, improving southbound travel times for riders along the E and H lines in southeast metro Denver.
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