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WELCOME! Thank you for a fantastic summer along the South Platte River! Our riverfront season has ended, but the Trolley rolls for every Denver Broncos home game as well as for the Children's Museum of Denver's Trick-or-Treat Street It's football season on the Denver Trolley! The Denver Trolley rolls for every Denver Broncos home football game -- from pre-season through the playoffs. Planning to root for your alma mater at the Rocky Mountain Showdown? The Trolley rolls for the Showdown, too. Click here for the Football Shuttle schedule. Click here to visit the Denver Broncos website. ***NOTE to OUR BRONCOS FOOTBALL SHUTTLE RIDERS*** ***BRONCOS vs COLTS GAME --- Sept 18, 2016*** Thank you for joining us to take the most unique ride to the game! For those fans who rode with us on Sunday afternoon, September 18, for our big win against the Colts, we had a brief mechanical problem taking people back to Confluence Park after the game. We got back up and running pretty quickly, but, unfortunately, we had to stop running for a short period during the peak post-game rush --- and we know that several of you walked back to Confluence Park. While it was a beautiful evening after a beautiful Broncos win, you did not get to experience the full beautiful roundtrip on the Trolley. Therefore, if you walked back to Confluence Park after this afternoon's game, please hold onto your green Trolley ticket from your ride to the Colts game. We will honor that ticket on the Trolley at the next Broncos game, which is Sunday, October 9, against the Atlanta Falcons. Kickoff is at 2:05 PM --- the Trolley rolls at 12:05 PM! Hope to see you there, and give you the full roundtrip --- and of course, enjoy a Broncos win in between! Click here to read about volunteering on the Trolley. The Platte Valley Trolley depends on volunteers to keep the Trolley rolling each year. Are you interested in learning about volunteering with the Platte Valley Trolley? On the Trolley: Our 2016 regular riverfront season has ended. We will begin our 28th season during Memorial Day weekend in 2017! During the regular riverfront season, the Trolley operates Thursday through Monday from 11:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. (the last Trolley departs at 4:30 p.m.) We look forward to welcoming you aboard the Trolley! Click here for 2016 schedule and fares. Click here to read about charters and group reservations. See the Trolley on 9News! Visit Joy Park at the Children's Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus. Read about the Platte Valley Trolley in the Denver Post. You can help keep Denver’s electric transit history alive by becoming a member and a volunteer. Click here for more details and like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for the most up-to-date information. 
Enjoy Your Ride!
The Platte Valley Trolley at Confluence Park Ride an open trolley car along the scenic South Platte Greenway and see Denver from an open-air “Breezer”! Our Trolley operates from Confluence Park (REI), past the Downtown Aquarium, Children’s Museum of Denver and Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Make a tax-deductible donation today to help with the refurbishment of the Trolley car body and upkeep of the Trolley track. Read more about ways to donate or simply donate below via PayPal (which also takes credit cards): 
Our operators are very knowledgeable about the history of the area in which we operate and delight in relating some interesting facts which even some of the locals don’t know. Where can you go and what can you see and do on the Denver Trolley? Join us for an enjoyable ride back in time before the Interstate and jet planes, back to the time when Grandma was a girl being courted by Grandpa as they took a ride on a Breezer! As our Trolley is an open-air “Breezer,” weather is a factor and we may not operate should the weather be unfavorable.
If you would like to join the Denver Tramway Heritage Society, fill out and mail us your membership application. If you live in the Denver area and would like to learn to operate our Trolley, call the office, e-mail us, or contact our volunteer coordinator and we will set up a training day for you. Volunteers act as ambassadors to the city of Denver, taking visitors on a tour back into the history of the city and providing a window into how Denver came to be the growing city it is today. It’s really fun…join us! 
Photo courtesy Colorado Railroad Museum
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Save Denver Tramway Company Car .04 Colorado Preservation, Inc. named Denver Tramway Company .04 one of Colorado's 2015 Endangered Places. We are working with the City of Arvada to make sure that it is moved to the "saved" category. Watch this great video to learn more:
THANK YOU for a WONDERFUL 2015 SEASON!
Our 2015 season started on Memorial Day weekend...and ended on Labor Day. We thank you for all of your support — through your visits, your donations, and your sharing of photos of the Trolley! When you visit the Trolley, you take a ride back into the history of Denver, a special story about the development of what continues to be a growing, diverse, and exciting city. We will roll again in 2016! Come join us for a ride on the Trolley starting Memorial Day weekend in 2016 --- bring friends, family, out-of-town visitors --- it's a ride that you won't forget! We also run for special events throughout and after the season…Check here for the latest information, as well as on Facebook (DenverTrolley) and on Twitter (@DenverTrolley). See you on the Trolley! 
Riverfront Operation Days: Thursday through Monday: May 26 through September 5 (weather-permitting)
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (departing every 30 minutes from Confluence Park behind REI; last departure at 4:30 p.m.) Cost: $5 (age 13 and older), $2 (age 4 through 12), FREE (age 3 and younger) 
The Denver Tramway Heritage Society receives important funding from the funds collected through the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District. Denver Tramway Heritage Society
P.O. Box 1348 Denver, CO 80201 (303) 458-6255 |
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