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Route 40 bus at 40th & Colorado Station.
Route 40 bus at 40th & Colorado Station.

Route 40, ‘Colorado Boulevard’, runs from 40th & Colorado Station to Southmoor Station via Colorado Station and Colorado Boulevard.

Map & Schedule

A Line map.

Route 40 operates 7 days a week. Frequency is generally 15 minutes throughout the day, dropping to 30 minutes in the evenings and at weekends. On Saturdays 15 minute frequency service is provided between 40th & Colorado and Colorado stations.

The System Optimization Plan proposed to increase weekday frequency to 15 minutes along the entire route, this was implemented in September 2024.

Route Schedule
NextRide

Vehicles Used

Route 40 bus at 40th & Colorado Station.
Gillig 40ft Low Floor transit bus.

The route is operated by TransDev on behalf of RTD using Gillig 40ft Low Floor transit buses from Broadway Garage, Denver.

Ridership

YearTotal
20181,369,000
20191,298,000
2020951,000
2021806,000
2022873,000
2023961,000
2024987,000
Annual Ridership

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 does not detail any further proposals to change this route.