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GDT > RTD Rider’s Guide > Routes > Route 225 / 225D / 225T – Boulder / Lafayette via Baseline

Route 225 bus at 14th & Broadway & Canyon Boulevard, Boulder.
Route 225 bus at 14th & Broadway & Canyon Boulevard, Boulder.

Route 225, ‘Boulder / Lafayette via Baseline’, runs from Boulder to Central Park Station via .

Map & Schedule

A Line map.

Route 225 operates 7 days a week. Frequency is generally 30 minutes throughout the day, dropping to 60 minutes in the evenings.

Vehicles Used

Route 225 bus at Boulder Transit Center.
Gillig 40ft Low Floor Transit Bus.

The route is operated by TransDev on behalf of RTD using Gillig 40ft Low Floor Transit Buses from Longmont Garage.

Ridership

YearRoute 225Route 225DRoute 225ERoute 225TTotal
2018159,00077,000136,000372,000
2019301,00077,00019,000397,000
2020172,00017,0009,000198,000
2021130,00012,0005,000147,000
2022175,00035,00017,000227,000
2023230,00043,00026,000299,000
2024233,00045,00029,000307,000
Annual Ridership

Note: Figures from 2019 include former Route 225 riders.

Current Issues

This route suffers from poor scheduling at ? Station, here buses are timed to depart 3 minutes before W Line trains arrive.

Future Plans

The System Optimization Plan proposes to increase weekday frequency to 15 minutes, evening frequency to 30 minutes and weekend frequency to 30 minutes.

The System Optimization Plan details no proposals to change this route.