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    Civic Center Plaza

    3.0 (1 review)

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    16th Street FreeRide - Bus stop digital sign.

    16th Street FreeRide

    4.1(92 reviews)
    0.9 mi•Lodo, Northwest

    This is such a nice benefit about downtown Denver. You can catch a free shuttle bus between the…read moreUnion Station area and the Civic Center area, passing along about 1 mile of shops, restaurants and businesses in the downtown. We took it a few times and since the Union Station "terminal stop" was just 2 blocks from our hotel, this was a no brainer....that terminal stop was close to 17th St and Chestnut. Depending on the day of the week and the time of day, the buses can come as quickly as 5-6 minutes or 10-15 minutes apart. Due to construction nowadays on 16th St, the shuttle going towards Civic Center travels mainly on 17th St and the one going back to Union Station travels mostly on 15th St. All the shuttles are electric and they look like a regular bus, which stops at all stops along the route, so no need to ring a bell asking for a stop.

    Rode this while exploring downtown. Wish I would have done a better job of checking the map and…read morefinding out where I was and how to get around as I ended up walking quite a far distance in the heat and some areas that were not very clean or safe (crumbled sidewalk, broken chunks of side walk). Once I figured the map out this was a great bus to hop on and off. We rode the whole line from Union station to the stop closest to the capital and back. Buses come super frequently, are clean and were not super crowded, had a place to put luggage and made it easy to get around with out calling for ride share. Would utilize again if in the area again and I work on my map reading skills (which have always been terrible).

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    RTD Union Station - Union Station transportation hub for Denver

    RTD Union Station

    2.9(38 reviews)
    1.3 mi•Lodo, Northwest

    Shoutout great public transportation…read more RTD Union Station has been the beginning and end of many memorable nights downtown. If you're headed downtown for some fun, I recommend checking if RTD is available near you. From concerts and sporting events at Denver's top venues to bar hopping or skating downtown, RTD Union Station is a great and reliable way to get to and from your event. Did someone say free DD for the night? RTD has you covered. I found it to be safe and well taken care of, though I recommend the buddy system when possible. RTD Union Station is ALSO the perfect way to get to and from the Denver International Airport affordably. It makes solid time as well, considering how far Denver International Airport is from the city.

    Had a 6+ hour layover in Denver and thought it would be "fun" to leave the airport, catch the train…read moredowntown and "explore." Boy was that a mistake. After navigating the labyrinth that is exiting the airport made it to the train. Trains were parked and waiting so hopped on. It was cool-ish in there. Pretty empty. Had places to put your luggage. Seats were large and comfortable ish. They had a cling on the windows that made it hard to see out and hard to tell if it was the cling or just dirt on the window. Got to union station, got off the train and promptly tripped on a curb, sending my luggage tumbling and my back pack flying. There was a tiny lip of a curb that extends from where there were steps. Scraped several layers off my knees that over month later is still not fully healed. Had several kind people stop and offer to help me up. It wasn't that I could not get up but that my knees stung so bad I couldn't stand just yet. Security came over to ask how I was and admitted what happened to me happens to others. Thought then maybe they should paint it, or put something around it or a warning but I guess not. Wandered around downtown and came back here to catch the train back to the airport. Also weird on the train they had people asking to see your ticket. I explained I had done the tap to pay and had my credit card out (assuming he had a hand held device that he could tap to verify I had paid) but they did not. They walked through at least 3x in the ride from the airport to downtown and asked each time. Don't plan on trying to ride the train again here.

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    RTD Alameda Station - Four Chromatic Gates by Herbert Bayer is at this station  02-25-2024

    RTD Alameda Station

    3.9(7 reviews)
    2.3 mi•Baker, Southwest

    Headed south from Union Station, this is stop #5. The Alameda Station serves the Denver Design…read moreDistrict. Many people that live in this area use this station to commute to and from downtown Denver for both work and play. There are many beautiful art installations both at and nearby the station including the Articulated Wall sculpture that is seen by thousands of people everyday that drive past it on I-25.

    So, as other reviewers have stated, this is indeed a light rail station. Other than the strange…read morestatue just north of the platform ("breakdancing native Americans"), it's not a bad spot. I probably wouldn't want to live in the "luxury apartments" next door, but maybe that's just me. There seems to be a little restaurant nearby, judging by a sign on the corner of the building that states "coffee and cocktails," but since I'm usually on my way to work when I pass through here, I'm unlikely to give that one a shot for the most part. The station is about as clean as you can reasonably expect a station in the middle of Denver to be, perhaps because of the "luxury" station-adjacent housing. Maybe that's what makes it so luxurious--it's like having your own chauffeur that also drives around thousands of other people a day and stays on a set of tracks? I know not. I-25 and Broadway houses the next stop, and it certainly has ample parking as well as a plethora of included bus lines to transfer to. For park-n-rides, I don't really know which would be better, but I'd probably rather transfer trains at Alameda given the choice--less people means less fighting to get onto the train, at least, even if the train is crowded.

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    RTD - 10th And Osage Station

    RTD - 10th And Osage Station

    3.5(2 reviews)
    1.2 mi•Lincoln Park, Southwest

    Headed south on the E line from Union Station, this is stop #4. This station services the Lincoln…read moreNeighborhood. One of the Oldest neighborhoods in the Denver Metro Area. Points of interest include The Buckhorn Steakhouse, which is Denver's oldest still in operation restaurants, Lincoln Park, Museo de las Americas, and other small art galleries and recreation centers. I like the beautiful art installation right in front of the station.

    Nice little station but a single stop away from the visually-bland Auraria Station. Curiously,…read morealthough this station seems to handle far less volume than Auraria, the eastern side features some grass and trees, and it's actually a surprisingly pleasant little nook in the middle of the city as a result. (The western side is simply a bunch of empty train tracks and industrial properties, but you take what you can get from city tram stations.) There's a footpath leading directly to the Bighorn Exchange if you're coming through later in the day and crave a bite to eat at the northern end of the station, or you can just get out of the sun beneath one of the awnings if you're just waiting between trains. All in all, it's worth it to hop the first southbound train you can from Auraria and transfer to whatever you'd like here, if just for the trees and the pleasant atmosphere (both metaphorical and literal, since this station is a bit off the roadside and Auraria is at the center point between two highways and several campus access roads) for that few minutes between rides.

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