Denver’s historic trolley begins its summer season, offering narrated rides along South Platte River from Confluence Park to Colfax Avenue Viaduct.
DENVER — The last operating trolley in Denver is kicking off its operating season.
The historic Denver Trolley has run along the South Platte River for more than 30 years. The trolley will begin summer operations Memorial Day Monday at 10 a.m.
This summer, the trolley will operate Thursdays through Mondays beginning at 10 a.m. with the last departure at 5 p.m.
The Denver Trolley departs from the home platform at REI/Confluence Park every 30 minutes. Roundtrip rides last about 25 minutes and include a narration about the surrounding area.
A ride on the trolley takes visitors along the South Platte River Greenway from Confluence Park to the Downtown Aquarium and the Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus, under Interstate 25, over Bronco Bridge, past Empower Field at Mile High and Meow Wolf to the Colfax Avenue Viaduct, the southern terminus. Then the trolley heads back to Confluence Park.
Tickets are $10 for anyone 13 and older and $5 for kids between 4 and 12. Kids under 3 are free. Tickets can be purchased in person at the time of your ride or online.
The Denver Trolley plans to operate for the summer season through Monday, Aug. 10.
The trolley car is a replica of the old “Seeing Denver” open-air trolleys that operated throughout the city of Denver during the 1800s and early 1900s. Denver once had an extensive electric rail transit system that included over 250 miles of city tracks and 40 miles of high-speed interurbans connecting Denver with Golden and Boulder, according to the Denver Trolley website.
With the arrival of the automobile and a new bus system, all trolley service was abandoned in 1950. The Denver Trolley is a small part of that rail transit system that was restored and preserved for the future.
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