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A pair of iconic Pikes Peak tourism draws are on track to reopen.
The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway, closed since October 2017 for a $100 million overhaul, will have a soft opening May 20.
âThere wonât be much fanfare that day,â Assistant General Manager Ted Johnson said, âother than, maybe amongst our employees, having a little celebration that weâre done with the project and weâre putting paying customers on the train.âÂ
Cog trains will run May 20-23 and will resume with a full, seven-days-a-week schedule May 27, Johnson said.
The $62 million Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center, under construction since early 2018, will host a soft opening in June, said Jack Glavan, Pikes Peak â Americaâs Mountain manager for the city of Colorado Springs.
Christian Murdock/The Gazette Crews begin to lift the first new engine for The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway on March 26 in Manitou Springs. The engine, three new passenger cars and a new snowblower arrived and were placed on the new tracks as the railroad prepares for its soft opening May. 1. One engine and three more passenger cars will arrive April 15 and the third set is scheduled to arrive on May 13. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
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All aboard! Pikes Peak Cog Railway set to leave the station after a 3 ½ year delay
Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway
By: Robert Garrison
and last updated 2021-04-27 10:38:43-04
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. â The Pikes Peak Railway will reopen to the public on May 27, according to a release Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway. Tickets are already on sale here.
The iconic railway has been a Colorado tourist attraction dating back to 1891. Stretching almost nine miles, it chugs to the summit of Pikes Peak and back.
But in 2018, the owner of the railway, the Broadmoor Hotel, closed the line to perform renovation work, costing $100 million.