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The mood was giddy at the groundbreaking for the Regional Transportation District’s North Metro commuter rail line, which is expected to open to the public in 2018.
More than 100 people gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking Thursday in Thornton at the site of a planned station near the end of the new FasTracks line, which will run 12.5 miles from Denver Union Station to 124th Avenue in Thornton. The line from downtown to 124th Avenue is expected to cost about $633.8 million, including RTD’s…