It’s roughly 10 months (or only 303 short days) out but RTD has just announced that the Denver Union Station Bus Complex will open on May 9, 2014!
The Denver Union Station Bus Complex (hopefully getting a new name prior to opening) will replace the Market Street Station at 16th/Market Streets when operations begin on May 11, 2014. The commuter rail platform won’t be operational until the East Rail Line opens sometime in 2016.
What will become of the Market Street Station? Are there plans in place or any ideas of what will become of this space?
Audem, the Union Station Neighborhood Company development team will have first dibs on acquiring the site and redeveloping it into a mixed-use project, probably similar to 16 Market Square or SugarCube nearby, plus a small public plaza.
When will the Amtrak line be reconfigured into the train canopy?
I know it needs to move SE towards the station before they can get lines heading out to the commuter rail maintenance facility.
My bet is they have an Amtrak trains pulling in on track one before the bus station opens. Is Amtrak on track one?!
Bruce
Amtrak is in the middle of the platforms. I hear they will move back before the official May 9 opening. Sometime in February or March, I think.
Ooh! That’s good news.
I was kind of expecting (pessimistically) that Amtrak would move back sometime after the bus station and the hotel opened, which would be quite late in 2014, August or something. This is because the bus station can be accessed from the northwest / light rail end, but Amtrak needs the historic station building to be ready for it before it can move back.
So if Amtrak is moving back in February or March that is excellent news.