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LIGHT RAIL ROUTES
Operator: UTA (Utah Transit Authority)
| 701 | SLC / Sandy Line (Blue Line) | Sandy Civic Center - Fashion Place West - Murray Central - Meadowbrook - Central Pointe - Courthouse - City Center - Salt Lake Central Station |
| 703 | Mid Jordan / University Line (Red Line) | Daybreak Parkway - West Jordan City Center - Fashion Place West - Murray Central - Meadowbrook - Central Pointe - Courthouse - Library - Stadium - University Medical Center |
| 704 | West Valley Line (Green Line) | West Valley - Redwood - Central Pointe - Courthouse - City Center - Salt Lake Central Station |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- LRT lines: 57 km.
HISTORY
- Streetcars (first-generation): (horse-powered) 24 June 1872 - ?; (electric) 8 Aug. 1889 - 19 Aug. 1945
- Streetcars (second-generation): 7 Dec. 2013 - today.
- Light rail: 4 Dec. 1999 - today.
GAUGE
- First-generation streetcars: ? mm.
- Second-generation steetcars: 1435 mm.
- LRT: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Mac Sebree, B. "Salt Lake City - Trams for the Olympics", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 1998 (61: 731), p.420-423.
- Simons, V. "Salt Lake City update - Where Sugar meets Salt for Utah LRT", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2014 (77: 921), p.396.
- Vigrass, J.W. "Salt Lake City: TRAX is US's newest light rail line", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 2001 (63: 759), p.93-95.
- Vigrass, J.W. "Salt Lake City: US's newest light rail line", Tramways & Urban Transit, Feb. 2001 (63: 758), p.56-58.
- Vigrass, J.W. "TRAX: US's newest light rail network", Tramways & Urban Transit, Apr. 2001 (63: 760), p.138-139.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
- Salt Lake City (on UrbanRail.Net)
- UTA (Utah Transit Authority)
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