Salt Lake City's Light Rail Network Evolution
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- From its beginning in 1999, Salt Lake City's light rail and BRT networks have grown to over 78 stations, spanning 135 miles (217 kilometers). This animated video takes you through the timeline of when new stations were opened, forming the TRAX light rail network that we know today.
🚧 Full construction timeline: drive.google.com/file/d/1VFTg...
Credit: Rodney Chan. Twitter: @_ChanFace ( / _chanface )
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☑️ Video Criteria:
- Population given is the sum of all counties and independent cities with stations in them.
- Future extensions are shown only if a construction tender has been awarded for their completion, at the time of video publication. If a construction tender has been issued for a project not included in the video, feel free to leave a comment, and we'll add it to our list to update.
- If you find an error, feel free to let us know in the comments. Please include links to any sources that will help us correct the error. Note: comments with links might take up to 24 hours to appear due to UA-cam anti-spam policies.
📸 Image Credits:
- vxla - Flickr: TRAX Red Line to Daybreak at Fort Douglas Station, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Garrett - Flickr: FrontRunner at Central Station, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Garrett - Flickr: Red Line Trax at Daybreak Parkway, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- vxla from Chicago, US - Salt Lake Central Intermodal Hub, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Garrett - Flickr: Red line Trax at Daybreak Parkway, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- vxla - Flickr: TRAX Red Line Train to Daybreak, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Garrett - Flickr: Green line Trax at Gallivan Plaza, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Garrett - Flickr: Blue line Trax at Central Station, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
🖼 Thumbnail designed by jacobestrella.com
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Salt Lake City 701 TRAX Blue Line Light Rail
Salt Lake City 703 TRAX Red Line Light Rail
Salt Lake City 704 TRAX Green Line Light Rail
Salt Lake City 720 S-Line Streetcar
Salt Lake City 750 FrontRunner Commuter Rail
Salt Lake City 830X Utah Valley Express BRT
Salt Lake City 35M MAX 3500 S BRT
Salt Lake City Ogden/WSU BRT
🆕 NEW THIS WEEK:
Courtesy of Rodney Chan (twitter.com/_ChanFace), we’ve created a full construction timeline of when new lines were built. Check it out and let us know what you think: drive.google.com/file/d/1VFTgBSFA6kOwegn8auKfGTSO5N-VNWyR/view?usp=sharing
I’m actually quite impressed with how quickly and coherently this system developed.
I feel it might have something to do with how well travelled the citizens are there.(missionary work) So they have seen good public transportation in other places and want it where they love. Education is probably good there too.
There actually was opposition from Salt Lake resident's way back before the first line was opened but they were building it for the olimpics so they kinda said Screw you we are still building it and later the Residents were like: yeah that was a good idea.
They’re planning a statewide transit system and have now added free fares statewide!
@@kinai01 nimbys dont want anything new. baltimore is hopefully get a red line, but ive seen racist comments talking about the black people going downtown. lmfao the people who oppose most of this stuff are actually plain dumb on trainsit. oil and car companies still reign in the USA. pathetic nimbys who grew up on cars are literally ruining our transit.
This is a very good elevation of how a decent size transit system should work.
Well, it _is_ about 1.3 km above sea level :p
Now it’s time to fix the urban planning
I just rode this system last weekend while I was in Salt Lake on business. It's really fantastic.
Wow. I never think of SLC as having any form of rail, but Im surprised. Not only does it have rail, it is pretty intensive for a city of it size. Congratulations 🎉
As a local, I am glad to see you get to my home city!
A few things you've missed...
A Station in Vineyard (in between American Fork and Orem) is expected to begin construction any day now.
The frontrunner is also going to be extended to Brigham City in the north and Payson in the south.
The blue line will be extended south to Lehi either by the right of way the old D&RGW right of way UTA has owned for years or through West Draper pending development when the state prison closes.(or a BRT since that seems to be UTA's way of cheaping out of their promises lately.)
A new station at the airport as part of the new terminal construction.
The UVX has essentially been open since August 2018.
there are also plans by UTA to open a new line to Tooele and also a BRT running along State street in Utah County.
A BRT running from SLC to the Woods Cross Frontrunner station.
A BRT running along 5600 South in west SL County from the Airport to Daybreak Parkway station.
An extension of the S-line to Highland Drive.
UTA has opted for a UVX type bus between Lehi and Draper, rather than extending the Blue Line.
Thanks for these! My criteria for inclusion is that a construction tender has to have been awarded, so that’s why most of these weren’t included. I realized that I missed the new TRAX station at 650 South though, which is opening this year.
That is true. Keep up the good work
Right, which is kind of disappointing since UTA has promised light rail towards lehi and eventually Orem for years. Only to have them go cheap in it instead. It is hard to see public distrust Of UTA often because people think that their tax money only raises executive’s salaries.
@UtahRail Fan
Love that my city is getting some love on this channel. TRAX makes it so I can get by without a car and it’s great.
It's a shame UTA doesn't have any major plans to extend their light rail. I've ridden on all the lines before and I can tell you that it's an amazing and safe transit system (unlike most in America). Salt Lake County has notoriously bad traffic so a lot of times after work I'd just hop on UTA to get from 1300 South to Sandy.
Great video as always! You are seriously underrated. Thank you for subtitling all your videos, even though I have good hearing it really makes your videos easier to watch for me.
Have you considered doing a Network Evolution of the Chicago L? I'd love to see that network's history in your video style.
Thanks so much! I’m aiming to do Chicago sometime this year, however given the size of the network it probably won’t get done until fall.
@@VanishingUnderground I don't think that viewers understand the research that you've done to create this, all these changes and dates are NOT carved in stone somewhere but have to be researched from archives of press releases, news stories, etc.
@@VanishingUnderground yeah considering that our L was originally owned by 3 separate companies. The Red Purple And Brown Lines were owned by The Northwestern Elevated Railroad. The Green Line was owned by two companies depending on what part of the line you're on. If you're on The Lake Street Part it was owned by The Lake Street Elevated Railroad which is the second oldest L Line in Chicago and Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad which The Green Line runs south of downtown is the oldest part. And the Blue and Pink Lines run on tracks that were part of The
Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad which fun fact was the first L Line to be operated via electricity. I know all of this because I live in the Chicago Area and I have a love for trains.
This system saved me! On the last day of a trip I took here, I was planning to take an uber to the airport, but because of a snowstorm, I waited 20 minutes in the cold and still couldn’t get one. Finally I had enough and in just 7 minutes I was on a bus to the green line and got to the airport with time to spare.
I like that you've included future development in this one.
I really like how it's set up. I live in Paris and here the rer commuter trains function like an express metro in the city, so that's even non commuters can use it to speed up trips. And from how the commuter line has multiple interchanges with the light rail, it's actually set up like this! That's cool to see in such a small network when even big networks don't implement it
In October 2019 I was in SLC for a conference. I had plenty of free time and decided to ride on the entire Trax/Front Runner service routes. I did the same thing during a 2007 visit. The network was much smaller then. Overall I was pleased to see how much expansion took place over a twelve year period.
I messed around SLC the first time I’ve ever traveled to the mountain west in 2019… stayed at a hotel off I-215 opposite the Valley Fair Mall and was surprised to learn after I was done exploring that town that I could’ve taken the train from my hotel to downtown if I so wanted to… if not that all the way to that one Living Room Trail that has EXCELLENT views of the entire area.
I had no idea that they updated their system map to show the UVX. Will be interesting to see if the branding used on the new map gets used more often.
I believe there are also plans to create the Black Line, which is a direct airport-university connection without having to transfer trains at Courthouse!
To be honest, I would not expect the 35M to resume service. It's a pretty bad implementation of a BRT and there doesn't seem to be much desire to bring it back.
That being said, 830X (UVX) is quite popular because it was built right.
Here is a view of the stops. It looks too short to be useful. And merging into traffic probably used up all the time it could have hypothetically saved. Looks dangerous too.
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You’re completely correct on both counts. UVX is great, 35MAX was never truly BRT. I’d love to see good BRT all over utah, but I don’t want to see more like the 35MAX.
Thanks! These videos are fantastic and so informative. I love that music at the beginning too.🚈🚋🚍
I like how you do your research on this stuff. You do a good job. I'm looking forward to your next video after orlando. I'm sure it's going to be a real good one!
You missed that Vineyard station will open late this year. Maybe wait until that opens for the remake.
Amazing new developments in the SLC area!
Thanks for your hard work!!! We need Dallas we’ve got the D2 subway and the “Cotton Belt” as new projects and a pretty interesting story. DART is certainly Texas’ best rapid transit service
If you're planning on expanding your scope to Europe and need help with finding/translating info on Finnish/Scandi/Dutch/Belgian cities, feel free to reach out. There are so many interesting medium-sized cities with literally everything from BRT and LRT to metros and commuter rail.
Great video, I know it was released 2 years ago but I have one thing to add, before the colored line designation, there was a 703 TRAX route that ran limited between sandy civic and the university, I think it was like 2 round trips a day or something
Eyy!! watched it in the first 20 seconds of after it was uploaded!
I just feel bad for pleasant view
That is what I was thinking as well. But at least this line was south extensively. In a nutshell, I think that was were the demand was all along.
I believe the pleasant view extension required the train to share trackage with freight trains, which caused many expensive operational headaches. The rest of the alignment has dedicated trackage that's adjacent to but not shared by freight trains.
There has been a tax increase in Box Elder County so that the Frontrunner can be extended to Brigham City. Hopefully it comes soon since there are a lot of people have a lot of distrust /resentment for UTA
@@parkersackewitz6266 Where does the distrust for the UTA come from? I find that interesting, as statistically the UTA is one of very few agencies in the US that is frequently able to finish it's projects on time and on budget.
@@jg-7780 Pleasant View is further South and therefore closer to Salt Lake City itself...I imagine they're distrustful because it seems UTA can't decide whether to serve Pleasant View or not. They don't want the same thing happening with a future extension even further North.
Really great graphics!
Since you're apparently doing all of North America, have you considered doing one about Mexico City? (And dog sled lines in Greenland? 😉)
The traffic in Salt Lake City can sometimes be a little tough at certain times like rush hour, but it’s not too bad because you can always get to the place you need to go at a reasonable time with the help of these front runners.
Great video. Any chance of Auckland, NZ in the future?
Update regarding the future of the network! UTA recently announced a one-stop extension of the S-Line Streetcar. This extension will take the line an additional 1000 ft. to the corner of Simpson and Highland Drive. This project also includes an extension of the double tracked portion to 700 East. Total project cost is about $12M, with the extension opening next year. Construction starts within the next few months on both projects.
They need to run a rail system from St. George to Provo. St. George, Cedar City, can have streetcars in their towns to feed the new rail system and connect most of Utah.
Wow that's impressive! how extensive and quickly it was built out
Great video! BTW, if you do a DC video, I'll be glad to help! The Silver Line and Purple Line LRT are both under construction. A good resource is GGWash (Greater Greater Washington)
The constant turning off-and-on of service to pleasant view is kinda funny
Thanks for your videos.
If you have any service frequency data for the routes that would be interesting to add, IMHO. Transit works best when there is minimal wait times and reliable service.
Ridership figure would be nice too. (I know it’s asking a lot.)
A front runner line from downtown to Park City would be a game-changer. Also, SLC needs a real central station.
Have u looked into the new project being proposed for a new slc station. It’s called the Rio grande plan. Google it if u haven’t
Is the Frontrunner at least a somewhat frequent service? That looks to be a surprisingly good system if so.
Currently it runs a reduced service due to the pandemic, but thanks to a recently approved grant from the state there is plans to double track more of the alignment making it possible to run 15 minute service. This will likely not be implemented for several years, so for now it is continuing to run 30 minute headways on weekdays, 60 on Saturday.
Every Hour during non Rush hour timea, and every 30 minutes during Rush hours, No Sunday Service for the Frunt Runner, SLC light rail is running but with reduced service
Zack, I would like to see a history of public transit in Phoenix, AZ. Thanks.
Could you do Philadelphia if you haven’t???
I have to explore Salt Lake City, originally from NYC now in Frisco had no idea this city had multiple light rails
But legitimate question: given the potential for SLC to host the Winter Olympics once again next decade, on top of there being only so much highway capacity to/from Park City & Heber City…
Has some notable BRT or LRT service ever been proposed for that particular direction? Most likely paralleling I-80 & US 189?
>If not directly branching off of the Red Line first thing east of Utah University, utilizing Foothill Drive between there & I-80, as well as potentially originating in downtown if it’s LRT?
>As well as potential for a Provo-to Park City BRT line between either Provo’s downtown or their Frontrunner station?
And has there been any notable discussion of adding either a light rail or commuter rail line back & forth from SLC to Tooele? Scratching the surface, that might be the less desirable area of the entire Wasatch sprawl, to which could likely translate to affordable housing stock once the rest of the valley REALLY starts filling up, to which could eventually mean a legitimate boom within that immediate area in the coming decades, to which would effectively warrant significant transit investment/scoping within that entire little valley as a whole.
I was just coming to comment about this. The original Traxx system was built because of the 2002 Olympics. If they do get the bid for another I think a lot of their ‘down graded’ plans will change.
The Olympic Summer Games of St. Louis (/ MO), in the year 1904, were the probably weiderst Olympic Games ever held!
The Marathon about 40 km was so unique, e. g. with the Cuban runner, who gambled in New Orleans before.
Which station are the nearest to which venue?
The closest station to where the 1904 Olympics was held, Francis Olympic Field, is Skinker on the St. Louis MetroLink Blue Line which serves the Washington University campus.
I am from Salt Lake City Utah. I know that the FrontRunner should be running on Sunday and there are more things that UTA should be doing. I wish that you in your videos didn't only take pictures and videos of the outside of the different trains but of the inside of the vehicles etc?
There’s a new bus rapid transit system in Ogden Utah called OGX
this out of date there is a new station on the frontrunner. the station is called vineyard
How Are There Future Expansions For This Yet Not NJT?
Does the Wasatch front corridor use UTA a lot?
I don't know about TRAX, but FrontRunner has 40,000 riders a day
yes
Αγαπητέ φίλε από χρόνια μελετώ τα συστήματα light rail και προαστιακού σιδηροδρόμου του Salt Lake και των περιχώρων του και σας δίνω πολλά - πολλά συγχαρητήρια, διότι είναι από τα ελάχιστα αν όχι το μόνο σύστημα light rail των ΗΠΑ το οποίο το έχει "αγκαλιάσει" το επιβατικό κοινό και δεν πηγαινοέρχεται άδειο παράγοντας χρέος. Στην Ελλάδα είχαμε αναπτύξει ένα ικανοποιητικό δίκτυο tram και light rail και συνδυασμό προαστιακού σιδηροδρόμου και light rail σε πολλές πόλεις στην Ελλάδα: Αθήνα, Θεσσαλονίκη, Πειραιά, Βόλο, Πάτρα, Καλαμάτα, Ναύπλιο, Μεσολόγγι, Λουτράκι και αλλού. Όμως από τη δεκαετία του 1940 έως και το τέλος της δεκαετίας του 1950 το 70% των δικτύων είχαν καταργηθεί και αποξηλωθεί ενώ έως τα μέσα της δεκαετίας του 1970 καταργήθηκαν σχεδόν όλα! Στην Ελλάδα αγαπούν όλοι τα μέσα σταθερής τροχιάς αλλά ισχυρά συμφέροντα δεν τα αφήνουν να αναπτυχθούν. Ζητούμε τη βοήθειά σας για να ξαναστήσουμε όλα τα δίκτυα light rails και προαστιακού σιδηροδρόμου στην Ελλάδα και σε ευχαριστώ εκ των προτέρων...
Do Newark NJ and njtransit but please focus on Newark's light rail and bus system
Can you do Long Island Railroad?
The state of Utah should apply for federal funds to connect all the universities in all the city along I-15
If you want to give yourself an aneurysm do the evolution of the TfNSW Sydney Rail & Light Rail network.
And now we have the Rio Grande Plan being purposed, very good signs.
Do Los Angeles next.
If you ever make a video on Mexican mass transit, and specifically Guadalajara, I can help you out with information
I like the house of cards inspired intro
houston needs something like this 😡
If only we had this in Phoenix
Do NYC Next
Cute
Can you do New York
Based.
I miss living in Utah
they’ve made it free and are probably gonna pass a bill to make it like that statewide
Sounds like it’s time to add metro
Why didn’t you do San Diego trolley 🚃
Someone should produce videos that expose for all to see the financials for both capital costs to construct and yearly operating expenses as a comparison of fare revenue.
Too bad the light rail caters more to rich areas like Daybreak and Sugar house. It goes like 20 feet into West Valley which isn't much help and people that really need it in Kearns are left out. BRT is just a waste of time.
First I thought our indias saltlake city
I dare you to do Buffalo’s lol
Nothing
I assume Utah had no public transportation 🤪
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Mass transit is the best way to spread viruses
We now have another BRT route in Ogden, (Ogden Express), serving the Ogden Central station, Weber State University, and McKay Dee Hospital. Double tracking the FrontRunner is about to begin construction, as well as an extension to Payson. Other BRT routes are pending funding, and TRAX is about to get a new line, as well as a few new proposed alignments through downtown. Proposals are also out there to bury the FrontRunner and freight tracks, and reactivate the old Rio Grande depot, known as the Rio Grande plan.