Transcontinental Links

Westminster, CO

Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Arvada, CO (3.5 mi).

About Westminster

Westminster is a home rule city located in Adams and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States. The city population was 116,317 at the 2020 United States census with 71,240 residing in Adams County and 45,077 residing in Jefferson County. Westminster is the eighth most populous city in Colorado.

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: Westminster → Arvada	3.5 mi × $500M/mi	$1.8B
Annual operations (share)	Staffing, power, maintenance	$15M/yr
Stop total (excl. annual ops)		$2.7B

Best terminal location (proposed)

The Westminster Station / B Line district at 71st and Federal. Westminster Station anchors the B Line commuter rail with a large park-and-ride and transit-oriented development zoning. The surrounding industrial blocks at 71st and Federal offer buildable land on the US-36 corridor between Denver and Boulder.

Before / after

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

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

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

The Westminster Promenade — entertainment district.
Federal Heights, CO — small city to the north.
The 88th Avenue corridor — commercial infill.

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