Coloradans have the chance to vote on the name of a new passenger rail line that voters could decide whether to fund in November.
Train tracks that would be used for Front Range Passenger Rail Service run past the refurbished Pueblo Union Depot in Pueblo, Colorado on March 11, 2025. linking cities from Fort Collins to Trinidad are asking the public to vote on a name — choosing from four options — ahead of a possible sales tax ballot measure to fund the multi-billion-dollar project.
“If there’s a clear winner, then we have an answer,” district director Sal Pace said, pointing to Amtrak’s newtwice-a-day trains linking Mobile, Alabama, with New Orleans. Those trains started Aug. 18, and ridership in the first five months exceeded the annual target. “It’s a reminder to us about how important it is to come up with a good service name that really epitomizes Colorado and Colorado’s Front Range,” Pace said. “The name should be something the communities of the Front Range can relate to. It’s going to be the brand of the service. This is going to be a multi-generational service — not just for today’s Coloradans but our grandkids as well.”through March 23. Voters’ preference, combined with “public and stakeholder input gathered across the Front Range,” will help decide the name of the train, district spokeswoman Tara Trujillo said. A decision on whether a half-cent tax increase will appear on the November ballot could be made as late as August, Pace said. The proposal that FRPRD officials are refining would give municipalities along the 180-mile corridor shares of the revenues raised for 25 years, ranging from $1.5 million to $4 million a year based on population, to help fund local train-related development projects.Riders love Colorado’s Bustangs. CDOT is scrambling to keep them runningFive Points wants better mass transit — even if it means losing RTD light railStarting in 2029, a Front Range “starter service” linking Denver, Boulder, Longmont, and Fort Collins would rely on funds from the Regional Transportation District and Colorado’s fee on rental cars, Pace said. District officials have estimated the cost of the full Front Range service from Trinidad to Fort Collins at $2 billion to $14 billion, including annual operating and maintenance expenses of around $76 million. Front Range trains would use existing tracks and right-of-ways and run at speeds up to 79 miles per hour, competitive with driving along Interstate 25, depending on traffic, according to district. District staffers have been considering ticket prices of around $12 to $15 for a one-way trip from Denver to Colorado Springs. The names brainstorming was done with help from marketing firms and attorneys who vetted ideas that would have infringed on trademark protections. “The Colorado Eagle,” for example, reviving the name of a train that linked Denver and Pueblo half a century ago, clashed with the name of the Colorado Eagles, a minor league hockey team based in Loveland, and Amtrak’s Texas Eagle train linking Chicago and San Antonio.Skier killed in avalanche near Copper MountainPlane that crashed in northern Colorado mountains, killing 4, was flying too low, report saysColorado board punts decision to prohibit SNAP from paying for soft drinksTelluride Ski Resort sues town officials, alleging they 'harassed and pressured' ownership to sell
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