The Regional Transportation District is ending any hope for a return of standard service on the C and F light-rail traces subsequent month after suspending them through the pandemic in early 2020.
The elimination of the traces, which have been consolidated with different traces on RTD’s southwest and southeast rail corridors, was beneficial by the System Optimization Plan adopted by the transit company’s board final summer season. The plan prioritizes service restorations and route modifications as RTD ridership and funding get well from the pandemic.
RTD’s subsequent spherical of standard service modifications, accepted by the board in October, will take impact Jan. 8. They’re the primary to include components of the long-term plan.
The C-Line ran from Union Station to Littleton, whereas the F-Line ran from the downtown Central Enterprise District loop to Lone Tree. With out these traces, some riders touring between Denver and southeast or southwest hall stations have needed to make transfers to the E-Line or the D-Line south of downtown.
RTD has stated it is going to contemplate operating restricted service alongside the previous C or F routes for some particular occasions. It ran particular C-Line trains after a live performance at Empower Discipline earlier this 12 months, but it surely has not completed so for current Denver Broncos video games.