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Colorado Connector Denver Fort Collins starter service
Colorado Connector Starter Service — three daily round trips between Denver and Fort Collins from 2029, on existing freight track, with eight stations
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- Buyer
- Front Range Passenger Rail District (FRPRD)
- Where
- Colorado · Denver
- Segments
- Track, Signalling, Stations & depots, Civil works
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control, Rolling-stock hardware
- Status
- Planned — Planned and, on the district's own account, funded without a new tax: the Delivery Plan states that Starter Service will be built with existing State and RTD funding commitments.
- Value band
- $100–500m
- Currency
- USD
- Key dates (month)
- Delivery plan board approval July 2026 · Delivery plan published August 2026 · Service start target 2029
Status in full
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Planned and, on the district's own account, funded without a new tax: the Delivery Plan states that Starter Service will be built with existing State and RTD funding commitments. No construction contract is published.
Next step
Withheld in the free surface
- Full scope
- Exact value
- How the figure was arrived at
- Key dates (3)
- Published bidders
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4 sources · all primary
- ● Front Range Passenger Rail District (FRPRD) · Delivery Plan — Colorado Connector, 31 August 2026 final, 81 pages: phasing, partners, Starter Service and Full Service capital and operating costs and funding sources (published 2026-08-31 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Front Range Passenger Rail District (FRPRD) · Delivery Plan — Board approval of the Delivery Plan on 31 July 2026, partners, phasing and station lists (published 2026-07-31 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) · Term Sheet between the High Performance Transportation Enterprise d.b.a. Colorado Transportation Investment Office and BNSF Railway Company for the Joint Service, dated 30 April 2026 (redacted, 21 pages) (published 2026-04-30 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Regional Transportation District (RTD) · Joint Service — Joint Service Executive Oversight Committee, SB24-184 partners, BNSF term sheet webinar of 9 April 2026, JSEOC agendas and meeting schedule (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
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