{"id":6303,"date":"2016-04-27T20:31:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T03:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6303"},"modified":"2016-04-27T20:31:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T03:31:59","slug":"residents-flock-to-get-glimpse-of-amazing-trains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6303","title":{"rendered":"Residents Flock to Get Glimpse of Amazing Trains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/A-line.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/A-line-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"A-line\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6304\" \/><\/a>The long anticipated opening of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtd-denver.com\/a-line.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Colorado A-Line<\/a> happened last Saturday, and Stapleton residents came by the hundreds to get a chance to view and even ride the train.  \u201cIt was truly amazing,\u201d said resident Jeremy Meyers.  \u201cIt went so fast.  I don\u2019t know how these things work, but boy was it incredible.\u201d  Excited onlooker Autumn Schmit was also impressed by the technological wonder.  \u201cIt was just really, really cool,\u201d said Schmit.  \u201cAll these people would get off, and then all of these people would get on.  It takes you right to downtown, or the airport, and all these other places we will probably never go.  But pretty darn neat.\u201d\nTrains, which have been around for about 175 years, have gone through many changes and upgrades since their inception in the late 19th century.  Light rails, or commuter trains have been around since the 1970\u2019s, hoping to provide reliable transportation to millions of people in crowded cities, and ease traffic in urban areas.  The light rail has been in Denver for over a decade and a half now, but many residents still had never got a glimpse of one.  \u201cI had heard about them, but had never actually saw one,\u201d said resident Colleen Baird.  \u201cAnd you know, without ever seeing one, it is pretty hard to believe.  That\u2019s why I brought the family today.  I wanted to let them see the amazing things we have in this world.  Like trains.\u201d\nResidents look forward to the many advantages the University of Colorado A Line will provide.  \u201cIt definitely eliminates most of my excuses for <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/couple-irritated-about-having-to-leave-stapleton-for-dinner-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not leaving Stapleton<\/a>,\u201d said Steve Turner.  \u201cWe will definitely do a little more in the city.  At least that\u2019s how I\u2019m looking at it now.  Come to think of it, <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/stanley-continues-to-build-architectural-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stanley Marketplace<\/a> will still be a lot closer.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-126","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}