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GDT > RTD Rider’s Guide > Routes > Route 66 – Arapahoe Road

A bus at Union Station.
A bus at Union Station.

Route 66, ‘Arapahoe Road’, runs from to College & Nevada to Arapahoe at Village Center Station via Littleton Downtown Station, the Streets at Southglenn Mall and Arapahoe Road.

Map & Schedule

A Line map.

Route 66 operates 7 days a week. Frequency is generally 60 minutes at all times.

The System Optimization Plan proposed to eliminate the last trip of the evening, this was implemented for weekdays only in September 2023.

Vehicles Used

Gillig 40ft Low Floor transit bus.
Gillig 40ft Low Floor transit bus.

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

Ridership

YearTotal
2018538,000
2019536,000
2020240,000
2021126,000
2022146,000
2023156,000
2024164,000
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.