Travelers will be able to take commuter rail from Denver Union Station to Denver International Airport starting April 22, 2016, at a cost of $9.
The estimated travel time for the 23-mile trek is 37 minutes.
Denver Transit Partners — the concessionaire for the project — gave official notice of the opening date to the Regional Transportation District, which made the announcement Thursday afternoon.
The ticket price is for a regional pass that allows for multiple trips on a single day, said RTD spokesman Scott Reed.
For the record, the downtown-to-DIA train is known as the RTD University of Colorado A Line, which takes its name as a result of the first sponsorship through RTD’s naming rights program.
The highly anticipated line is electric commuter rail, which is part of the Eagle P3 project, the nation’s first full public-private partnership for transit.
Local RTD taxes combined with a $1.03 billion federal grant and $450 million from Denver Transit Partners — the 34-year concessionaire that will build, operate and maintain the trains — make up the $2.2 billion project, said RTD.
“In just a few short months, our entire region will begin to experience the true unbridled potential of connecting FasTracks and the Denver International Airport with the opening of the A Line,” Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said in a statement.
Monte Whaley: 720-929-0907, mwhaley@denverpost.com or @montewhaley
