Editing Glenwood Springs, Colorado (section)

====Amtrak and other rail====
[[Amtrak]]'s ''[[California Zephyr]]'', operating daily in both directions between Chicago and [[Emeryville, California]], serves [[Glenwood Springs station|Glenwood Springs]], the second busiest station in Colorado, behind only [[Denver]]'s [[Denver Union Station|Union Station]].<ref name="amtrakCO">{{cite web|title=Amtrak Colorado FY15 Fact Sheet|url=https://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/COLORADO15.pdf|access-date=March 28, 2016|archive-date=December 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210231514/http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/COLORADO15.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The first commercially successful [[dome car]]s were built for the ''Zephyr'' family, inspired by Glenwood Canyon.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://visitglenwood.com/article/glenwood-canyon-inspired-amtrak’s-vista-dome-railcar| title=Glenwood Canyon Inspired Amtrak's Vista-Dome Railcar| work=visitglenwood.com| access-date=November 14, 2016| archive-date=October 21, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021171434/http://www.visitglenwood.com/article/glenwood-canyon-inspired-amtrak%E2%80%99s-vista-dome-railcar| url-status=live}}</ref>

Starting in August 2021, the Canada-based luxury rail excursion company [[Rocky Mountaineer]] has provided direct passenger rail service between [[Moab, Utah]] and [[Denver]], Colorado (with an overnight stop in Glenwood Springs, Colorado) on its ''Rockies to the Red Rocks'' route.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 19, 2020|title=Digest: Rocky Mountaineer to launch Colorado-Utah route|url=http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2020/11/19-digest-rocky-mountaineer-to-launch-colorado-utah-route|access-date=November 24, 2020|website=TrainsMag.com|language=en|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115210731/https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2020/11/19-digest-rocky-mountaineer-to-launch-colorado-utah-route|url-status=live}}</ref>

The local transportation authority is [[Roaring Fork Transportation Authority]] (RFTA, pronounced "rafta"). RFTA retains ownership of the land previously used for rail traffic to Aspen,<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.rrb.gov/blaw/bcd/bcd12-43.asp| title=Employer Status Determination: Roaring Fork Railroad Holding Authority (RFRHA) B.A. No. 2784; Board Coverage Decision 12-43| publisher=United States Railroad Retirement Board| date=November 16, 2012| access-date=November 14, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414231038/https://www.rrb.gov/blaw/bcd/bcd12-43.asp| archive-date=April 14, 2016| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref> a source of occasional consternation in balancing development needs.<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.postindependent.com/news/14720727-113/rfta-access-plan-angers-garco-commissioners| last1=Stroud| first1=John| title=RFTA access plan angers GarCo commissioners| work=Post Independent| date=January 25, 2015| access-date=November 14, 2016| archive-date=April 17, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417190405/http://www.postindependent.com/news/14720727-113/rfta-access-plan-angers-garco-commissioners| url-status=live}}</ref> Proposals to introduce light rail to the valley remain unrealized<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aspentimes.com/news/try-again-rfta/|title=RFTA|website=www.aspentimes.com|date=November 2008 |access-date=December 26, 2016|archive-date=December 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226215608/http://www.aspentimes.com/news/try-again-rfta/|url-status=live}}</ref> but were not found economically feasible.<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.aspentimes.com/opinion/21618434-113/beaton-modest-ideas-for-aspen| last1=Beaton| first1=Glenn K.| title=Beaton: Modest ideas for Aspen| work=[[The Aspen Times]]| date=April 16, 2016| access-date=November 14, 2016| archive-date=May 25, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525040643/http://www.aspentimes.com/opinion/21618434-113/beaton-modest-ideas-for-aspen| url-status=live}}</ref> VelociRFTA service described below currently serves that role,<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.kutc.ku.edu/powerpoints/TRB20/PFF%205%20Chase%20RuralTransitVelociRFTA.pdf| title=VelociRFTA: Our Nation's First Rural Bus Rapid Transit System| publisher=VelociRFTA| access-date=November 14, 2016| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021050642/http://www.kutc.ku.edu/powerpoints/TRB20/PFF%205%20Chase%20RuralTransitVelociRFTA.pdf| archive-date=October 21, 2016| df=mdy-all}}</ref> but RFTA remains committed to realizing the light-rail vision.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aspenpublicradio.org/post/rfta-looks-more-funding|title=RFTA looks for more funding|first=Elizabeth|last=Stewart-Severy|date=October 5, 2016|publisher=Aspen Public Radio|access-date=October 19, 2016|archive-date=October 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019144544/http://aspenpublicradio.org/post/rfta-looks-more-funding|url-status=live}}</ref>