FREE MallRide
There's so much to see and do downtown
Experience the sights and sounds of downtown Denver with RTD's FREE 16th Street MallRide. Our shuttle bus is your ride to great restaurants, shops, theatre, galleries, tourist attractions, and businesses up and down the mall.
Traveling from one end of Denver's bustling 16th Street Mall to the other, the FREE MallRide runs seven days a week and stops on every block between Civic Center and Union Station.
Take a look at the FREE MallRide schedule and map to plan your night out on the town.
The FREE MallRide operates every day starting at 5:00 am on weekdays, 5:30 am on Saturdays and 6:30 am on Sundays/holidays. Service continues throughout the day with the last complete round-trip every night at 1:06 am.
Approximate minutes until next shuttle| Time | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
| 5:00am | 6 | 27 | |
| 5:30am | 4.5 | 15 | |
| 6:00am | 3 | 15 | 15 |
| 6:30am | 1.5 | 15 | 15 |
| 7:00am | 1.5 | 15 | 15 |
| 7:30am | 1.5 | 12 | 9 |
| 8:00am | 1.5 | 6 | 6 |
| 8:30am | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 9:00am | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 9:30am | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 10:00am | 3 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 10:30am | 3 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 11:00am | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 11:30am | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Noon | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 12:30pm | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 1:00pm | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 1:30pm | 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 2:00pm | 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 2:30pm | 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 3:00pm | 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 3:30pm | 1.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Time | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
| 4:00pm | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 4:30pm | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 5:00pm | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 5:30pm | 3 | 4.5 | 9 |
| 6:00pm | 3 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 6:30pm | 4.5 | 6 | 7.5 |
| 7:00pm | 4.5 | 6 | 7.5 |
| 7:30pm | 4.5 | 6 | 7.5 |
| 8:00pm | 6 | 6 | 7.5 |
| 8:30pm | 6 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 9:00pm | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 9:30pm | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 10:00pm | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 10:30pm | 9 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 11:00pm | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 11:30pm | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Midnight | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 12:30am | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| 1:00am | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| 1:30am | Last complete round-trip every night starts out at 1:06am from Union Station to Civic Center and back. | ||
Note: Actual schedule is based on traffic signal timings, in seconds. Times shown here are rounded to the longest interval in each half-hour. Service will be adjusted for special events.