Salt Lake City (Utah), 190,000 inh, about 1 million in metropolitan area served by light rail, and 2 million in larger metropolitan region.

Light Rail 'TRAX', operated by Utah Transit Authority (UTA):

LIGHT RAIL

47 stops
66 km
high-floor vehicles with street-level boarding; front door accessible via ramp

3 lines:

Blue Line (701): Salt Lake Central - Sandy Civic Center
Red Line (703): University Medical Center - Daybreak Parkway
Green Line (704): Airport - West Valley Central

HISTORY

Delta Center (now Arena) - Sandy Civic Center (24 km, Dec. 1999)
Delta Center (now Arena) - University Medical Center (3.7 km to Stadium - Dec. 2001; 2.4 km to Med. Center - Sept. 2003)

On 27 April 2008, both lines were extended from Arena to Salt Lake Central Station (1.2 km, 3 stops), where transfer is provided to the new Frontrunner suburban rail service (which operates every 30 minutes throughout the day, and hourly in the evenings).
On 7 Aug 2011, the 8.2 km West Valley Line (Green Line) and the 17 km Mid-Jordan Line (Red Line) were opened.

14 April 2013: Arena - Airport (9.4 km)

In May 2008, 77 light rail vehicles of type S 70 were ordered from Siemens to be delivered by 2012, with an option for up to 180 additional cars.

UTA (Official Website)

Sugar House Streetcar Project

UTA TRAX at Wikipedia

Lightrail.com

TRAX at nysubway.org

LightRailNow - Salt Lake City

TRAX at Utahrails.net

Read your webmaster's personal impressions of the Salt Lake City TRAX system (July 2012)

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