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Route 48 bus at Civic Center Station.
Route 48 bus at Civic Center Station.

Route 48, ‘East 48th Avenue / Commerce City’, runs from Civic Center Station to 60th & Dahlia via Brighton Boulevard and 48th & Brighton Station.

Map & Schedule

A Line map.

Route 48 operates 7 days a week. Frequency is generally 30 minutes throughout the day, dropping to 60 minutes in the evenings.

Route Schedule
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Vehicles Used

Route 48 bus in Downtown Denver.
Gillig 40ft Low Floor transit bus.

The route is operated by RTD using Gillig 40ft Low Floor transit buses from Platt Garage, Denver.

Ridership

YearTotal
2018532,000
2019516,000
2020386,000
2021270,000
2022295,000
2023361,000
2024343,000
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 prooosals to change this route.