Since they began operating in the Denver region in 2016, RTD’s commuter rail trains remain unlike any other mode of transportation the agency operates. They are heavy – at 70 tons while empty, each ...

Commuter-rail vehicles weigh between 120,000 and 215,000 pounds apiece and have stronger frames than light-rail cars, which weigh about 80,000 pounds, RTD’s Turner said. “It’s the difference ...

Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite An RTD train slowly passes under Evans Avenue in Denver. June 6, 2024. RTD is trying to catch up on years of deferred rail maintenance. The decay of RTD’s downtown light ...

DENVER (KDVR) — From May 26 through September, there will be no light rail service in the Regional Transportation District’s central corridor. That’s because RTD is commencing a four-phase ...

Meanwhile, RTD is also planning to finish work on another disruptive light rail maintenance project: the repair of retaining walls on light rail lines along Interstate 25 south of downtown.

Colorado’s Regional Transportation District is once again involved in a plan to build a rail line to serve communities north ...

Bus and rail service may experience delays during severe winter weather expected in the Denver metro area and the Front Range this weekend. To stream 9NEWS on your phone, you need the 9NEWS app ...

Denver RTD says light rail, bus services will always be warm for riders 02:02. Amid the recent cold snap, the Regional Transportation District, also known as RTD, said they will always provide ...

Passenger rail service to Longmont is back on the Regional Transportation District’s radar. Since 2004, commuters’ dreams of ...

DENVER — RTD has successfully made repairs to some of its light rail track that requires 10 mile per hour slowdowns through the Denver Tech Center.

RTD reconstructing the 30-year-old rail lines in downtown Denver 01:53. RTD tells CBS News Colorado the current infrastructure is 30 years old and only made to last that long.