Auraria West station is an RTD light rail station in Denver, Colorado, United States. Operating as part of the E and W Lines, the station opened on April 5, 2002, and is operated by the Regional Transportation District.^[3][4] It primarily serves the adjacent Auraria academic campus, home to Metropolitan State University of Denver, the Community College of Denver, and the University of Colorado Denver.

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Auraria West  E   W
Auraria West light rail station, 2011
General information
Location	1250 Fifth Street Denver, Colorado
Coordinates	39.741367°N 105.010693°W / 39.741367; -105.010693
Owned by	Regional Transportation District
Line(s)	Central Platte Valley[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms, 1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	April 5, 2002 (2002-04-05)
Rebuilt	2011
Passengers
2019	4,813 (avg. weekday)[2]
Rank	10 out of 69
Services
Preceding station RTD Following station 10th & Osage toward RidgeGate Parkway E Line Empower Field at Mile High toward Union Station Decatur–Federal toward JeffCo Gov't Cntr•Golden W Line
Former services Preceding station RTD Following station 10th & Osage toward Littleton–Mineral C Line Empower Field at Mile High toward Union Station
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The original Auraria West Campus station closed on July 23, 2011. The new relocated Auraria West station opened on October 31, 2011, near Fifth and Walnut on a north–south alignment near the Consolidated Main Line (CML) tracks. The relocated station is the diverging point for the FasTracks W Line to Lakewood and Golden.^[5]