A portion of the Regional Transportation District E and H line trains in southeast Denver will be shut down Tuesday through Thursday next week for maintenance, but RTD officials said bus shuttles will carry passengers between the Southmoor and Broadway/I-25 stations.
Maintenance crews need to grind down “rail-burn” bumps on tracks to help eliminate the 10-mile-per-hour slow zones along the Southeast Corridor,” agency officials announced Wednesday in a news release.
RTD riders can catch the bus shuttles at multiple stations: I-25/Broadway (gate A2); Louisiana/Pearl Station (northbound gate B, southbound gate A); University of Denver (gate B); Colorado (northbound gate E, southbound gate C); Yale (gate A); Southmoor (gate A). RTD’s website also has a trip planner to help riders find alternate routes.
Rail transit disruptions began last summer after track safety inspectors found problems. RTD managers imposed the slow zones, where train operators must slow their speeds from the normal 55 mph to less than 10 mph, as they launched a maintenance catch-up blitz. For riders, trip delays have ranged from an extra 15 to 20 minutes to more than 45 minutes. Colorado Public Utilities Commission officials receive regular RTD progress reports.
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