Colorado

State Details

See Wikipedia; also see United States for information relating to the country as a whole, and the national operator Amtrak.

Maps

Colorado is covered by the SPV "North America Railroad Atlas" volume Colorado & Utah.

Rail Operators

The only Amtrak services in Colorado are long-distance trains: the California Zephyr (Chicago - Emeryville), and Southwest Chief (Chicago - Los Angeles).

RTD

RTD (Regional Transportation District) operates public transport in the Denver area, including two groups of rail services:

• commuter rail: lines A, B, G, and N, built to main-line standards, run from Denver Union station to points north of the city
• light rail: lines running within and south of Denver city centre

Information

• Map: see System Map - scroll down for the rail map
• Journey planner: Plan your Trip page
• Timetables: Schedules page. For schedules in PDF format, follow the link to the page for each line, then click the "PDF schedule" link.
• Engineering work and disruptions: Service Alerts page

See also UrbanRail.

Real-time information for RTD services is available at Pantograph.

RTD Commuter Rail

Infrastructure

• Gauge: standard
• Electrification: 25kV 60Hz AC overhead
• Rule of the road: right

Information

See the RTD website as above.

Tourist Lines

See Wikipedia

Metro and light rail systems

Denver

As of January 2024, RTD Light Rail comprises lines D, E, H, L, R, and W. Former lines C and F were discontinued in January 2023.

Infrastructure

• Gauge: standard
• Electrification: 750V DC overhead
• Rule of the road: right

Information

See the RTD website as above.

Obscure or Sparse Passenger Services

See USA - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services - Colorado.