The Green Line provides service from Salt Lake City International Airport to West Valley City. The Red Line provides service from the University of Utah to the Daybreak Community of South Jordan.

The Blue Line provides service from Downtown Salt Lake City to Draper. All TRAX trains are electric, receiving power from overhead wires.

The system is operated by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA). The official name of Transit Express is rarely, if ever, used. TRAX is a light rail system in the Salt Lake Valley of Utah, in the United States, serving Salt Lake City and many of its suburbs throughout Salt Lake County. It is expected to open for regular TRAX service beginning in early 2022, according to UTA.4 ft 8 + 1⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gaugeĪ map of the entire UTA rail system by August 2013 The new station will feature artwork called 'The Crossing,' by the artist Jiyoun Lee-Lodge. While the station was scrapped at the time, the space for a future one was still included during that construction. Lindsley said the station was originally supposed to be included when construction of TRAX began in the late 1990s but was ultimately left out of the plans. The total cost of the project was estimated to be $2 million at that time. 'This new TRAX station will not only support the mid-town neighborhood's new activity sparked by forthcoming developments but also ease north and south connections for the area's longtime residents, businesses and organizations.'Ĭara Lindsley, a senior project manager for Salt Lake City, said during an RDA meeting back in December that funding is coming from private property owners constructing new buildings nearby. 'Transit access is essential to cultivating and maintaining equitable communities,' said Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall in a statement Monday. The Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City is contributing $1.4 million toward the project, according to UTA officials. Salt Lake City officials and UTA agreed to partner on the 600 South station last year. It's located in the middle of where construction of new apartments and offices is happening in the city. The 600 South station is also the latest venture between Salt Lake City and UTA, which partnered for a bus service expansion plan within the city back in 2019 and for a microtransit pilot program earlier this year.

That's expected to be completed by the end of the year. The 600 South station technically won't be the first new TRAX station since then because crews are currently constructing a new airport station to align with the new airport terminals that opened last year. UTA last opened new TRAX stops in 2013, when extensions of the green line from downtown Salt Lake City to the Salt Lake City International Airport and the blue line from Sandy to Draper went online.

There may also be some sporadic lane closures over the span of construction. Officials added that residents can expect construction activity during days and nights over the next few months, which can include noise, dust, vibration and nighttime lighting. The new station will be located near the intersection of 600 South and Main Street in downtown Salt Lake City, adding a new stop between the Courthouse and 900 South stations on the blue, green and red lines. SALT LAKE CITY - Construction of what will be the first TRAX light rail stop in nearly a decade began last week, Utah Transportation Authority officials said Monday. Reading or replaying the story in itsĪrchived form does not constitute a republication of the story. Only for your personal, non-commercial use.

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