There may be a train from Denver to Boulder and Longmont this decade after all.
The Regional Transportation District’s plan to build a commuter rail line between those cities, part of the mega 2004 FasTracks program, famously hit the skids in the early 2010s after cost overruns pushed a completion date into the 2040s.
Now, RTD, the Colorado Department of Transportation, and the Front Range Passenger Rail District are working together to start service between Denver and Fort Collins with stops in between by Jan. 1, 2029. An early analysis presented to the RTD board this week put start-up costs between about $800 million and $900 million for three round trips a day…