The Regional Transportation District’s R-Line resumed partial service Wednesday after a multi-day suspension for repairs of signal problems at traffic crossings near the Anschutz Campus in Aurora.
RTD suspended the light rail line starting Friday between the 13th Avenue and Peoria stations. It replaced the train with bus shuttle service to four stations while crews worked to restore normal operation for malfunctioning crossing arms and traffic signals at a handful of crossings, including on East 17th Place near several hospitals.
General manager and CEO Debra Johnson said in a memo to the agency’s board last week that the problem was rooted in a network failure in the computerized control system RTD uses to manage its rail lines.
The R-Line is now running between Peoria and the Florida Station, RTD says. But service from Florida south to the Lincoln Station near Lone Tree is suspended after a separate retaining walls maintenance project on the southeast light rail corridor, along Interstate 25, restarted this week. However, RTD’s service disruptions website says R-Line trains will serve all stations between Peoria and Lincoln on Saturday and Sunday.
