Pueblo, CO
Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Colorado Springs, CO (41.6 mi).
About Pueblo
Pueblo is the home rule municipality that is the county seat of, and the most populous municipality in, Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 111,876 at the 2020 United States census, making Pueblo the ninth most populous city in Colorado. Pueblo is the principal city of the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.
Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.
Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)
| Item | Basis | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal construction | Small-city terminal (parametric range $0.5–1B) | $0.75B |
| Land acquisition | Regional factor 0.7× on $200M base | $140M |
| Track: Pueblo → Colorado Springs | 41.6 mi × $500M/mi | $20.8B |
| Annual operations (share) | Staffing, power, maintenance | $15M/yr |
| Stop total (excl. annual ops) | $21.7B |
Best terminal location (proposed)
The downtown Pueblo Union Depot district. Pueblo's grand Union Depot still anchors the downtown rail corridor, and the city is actively studying it for renewed passenger service. The surrounding railyard and industrial blocks offer room to build, and a maglev terminal would anchor the steel city's downtown revival.
Before / after
Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.
- Security-Widefield, CO — unincorporated community on the I-25 corridor.
- Fountain, CO — military-adjacent suburb.
- The Pueblo West corridor — exurban growth area.