SOUTH BOUND DIRECTION: A, E, D Trains

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Do yourself a favor and install the app on your phone, before leaving home.

• Get the RTD MyRide app, for your phone! 

  • https://www.rtd-denver.com/fares-passes/myride 

• Or, use a computer/browser, for Service Alerts (delays) and Route Planning

  • RTD Website for "Next Ride"

  • https://www.rtd-denver.com/service-alerts

How Long is the Train Trip?

Depending on gaps between transfers, from my front door and the DIA security lines, it takes about 2 hours on the DEA/AED trains

This info is subject to change, so VERIFY before leaving home!

• ~40 minutes between DIA and Union Station (downtown Denver)

• ~1 hour between Union Station and my front door (with 5 minutes "buffer")

  • Includes a 12-minute wait, to transfer between D and E trains

• All time estimates assume no detours or delays along the way (missed transfer, stopping to shop and explore downtown Denver, etc)

Included in the time estimates is a 15-minute walk (0.65 miles) between my house and the Littleton-Mineral Station

• https://sites.google.com/view/no-car-no-problem/shortcut 

• The Google Maps' route adds 5 minutes to this leg

E & D Trains: Union Station to Littleton-Mineral Station - SOUTH BOUND

Starting at the Union Station building

• • Put the Union Station building at your back and walk several blocks to get to the RTD Light Rail train platforms

    • Union Station

      • QX3X+8R Denver, Colorado

    • RTD Light Rail (platform for E-Train)

      • QX4W+3M Denver, Colorado

  • Along your walk, you'll go past Whole Foods Market, on the right

    • Whole Foods

      • QX3X+RF Denver, Colorado

    • This is the closest you'll be, walking-wise, for a grocery store

      • Other options for buying food/snacks:

        • https://sites.google.com/view/couchcamping/the-area

        • There is a 7-Eleven, 1.0 miles from my house, to buy Smart brand liter/water bottles

        • There are two grocery stores, 2 miles from my house

  • Keep walking until you cannot walk any further

    • You'll cross one set of train tracks

      • Trains on this track are northbound

    • You'll end up standing at the farthest train platform, away from Union Station, with a fence on the other side of the train tracks

      • Trains on this track are southbound
        
        

Take the E-Train (southbound, from Union Station to I-25/Broadway Station)

• • https://www.rtd-denver.com/app/route/E/schedule

    • The E-Train originates at this platform

  • I-25/Broadway Station

    • P225+JX Denver, Colorado

    • This is usually the 5th stop, after leaving Union Station

      • Pay attention to get off at the correct stop

      • WARNING: Guests have accidentally gotten distracted by their phones and ridden the train all the way to the end - this is a LONG trip back!

At the I-25/Broadway Station: Transfer from the E-Train to the D-Train

• • Get off of the E-Train

  • You need to walk west (toward the mountains), to get to Track 3 

    • Depending on where you exit the train, you will walk over 1-2 train tracks (Tracks 1 and 2)

    • Track 3 is the farthest-west tracks (farthest from the parking lot) at this station

    • Trains on Track 3 are southbound (yes, you're heading south)
      
      

Take the D-Train (southbound, from I-25/Broadway Station to Littleton-Mineral Station)

• • https://www.rtd-denver.com/app/route/D/schedule

  • Littleton-Mineral Station

    • HXJG+22 Littleton, Colorado

    • The Littleton-Mineral Station is the LAST stop on the southbound D-Train
      
      

At the Littleton-Mineral Station: This is the final train stop, so exit the train

• • Walk 0.65 miles to my home (it is mostly uphill - it's not steep but it's steady)

    • Be sure to take the shortcut! https://sites.google.com/view/no-car-no-problem/shortcut