Transcontinental Links

Lakewood, CO

Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Denver, CO (5.6 mi).

About Lakewood

Lakewood is the home rule city that is the most populous municipality in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 155,984 at the 2020 U.S. census, making Lakewood the fifth most populous city in Colorado and the 167th most populous city in the United States.

Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.

Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)

⚠️ All figures below are parametric estimates scaled from the proposal's own budget ($8.5T ÷ 17,000 mi ≈ $500M per mile), not engineering quotes. Methodology is shown so you can check the math.

Item	Basis	Estimate
Terminal construction	Small-city terminal (parametric range $0.5–1B)	$0.75B
Land acquisition	Regional factor 1.0× on $200M base	$200M
Track: Lakewood → Denver	5.6 mi × $500M/mi	$2.8B
Annual operations (share)	Staffing, power, maintenance	$15M/yr
Stop total (excl. annual ops)		$3.8B

Best terminal location (proposed)

The Federal Center station district on the W Line. The Federal Center station serves the Denver Federal Center — the metro's largest federal employment complex — on the W Line light rail. The surrounding federal and industrial parcels offer rare large-site opportunities inside the beltway, with US-6 and 6th Avenue access.

Before / after

Before and after aerial mock-up of the proposed maglev terminal at Lakewood, CO

Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.

🛤️ Infill stops toward Denver: the proposal envisions more stops than cities — smaller stations between majors. Plausible infills on this leg:

The Belmar district — redeveloped retail core.
The Green Mountain corridor — west-side infill.
Villa Park — Denver neighborhood on the corridor.

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