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North Temple Bridge/Guadalupe
Utah Transit Authority (UTA)
FrontRunner commuter rail
& TRAX light rail station
General information
Location500 West North Temple Street[1]
Salt Lake City, Utah
Owned byUtah Transit Authority
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Platforms2 island platforms
ConnectionsUTA inter-county and local bus
Construction
Structure typeat-grade (see detailed description)
ParkingComing soon
AccessibleYes
History
Opened10 December 2012 (FrontRunner)
14 April 2013 (TRAX)
Services
Preceding station   UTA   Following station
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North Temple Bridge/Guadalupe is a station in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States served by (as of 14 April 2013) the Green Line of Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) TRAX light rail system that operates in Salt Lake County and by FrontRunner, UTA's commuter rail that operates along the Wasatch Front from Pleasant View in northern Weber County through Ogden, Davis County, Salt Lake City, and Salt Lake County to Provo in central Utah County. Although the official name of the station is North Temple Bridge/Guadalupe, it most often referenced by UTA as simply North Temple.[1][2] The TRAX portion of the station is part of the Airport Extension. The FrontRunner portion is an infill station created to connect the Green Line to FrontRunner after the Green Line was routed away from Salt Lake Central as part of the Airport Extension. Although not part of FrontRunner South, the FrontRunner portion of the station opened on the same date as that extension, 10 December 2012.

North Temple Bridge/Guadalupe's parking lot can easily be accessed from 300 North at 500 East (both from the east and west), but is also accessible from 200 North on the east and from 500 East on the south. There is no direct vehicle access to the TRAX platform (as there is no stopping allowed on the North Temple Street Viaduct), but (when the TRAX portion opens) pedestrians will be able to easily access it using the stairs or escalators that connect north side of the North Temple Street Viaduct with the south end of the FrontRunner platform. Pedestrians can also access the TRAX platform from either end of the North Temple Street Viaduct at 400 West or 600 West. Although both platforms are considered "at grade", the Station is still considered a flying junction since the TRAX tracks pass over the FrontRunner and Union Pacific tracks. Just east of the Station is West High School and south of the Station is the Gateway District, including the Union Pacific Depot. The Station is located within the Quiet Zone, so trains do not routinely sound their horns when approaching public crossings within this corridor.[3]

Although the Green Line is not open for service yet at this station, its trains still run this way regularly for testing and training in preparation of the opening of the Airport Extension.

FrontRunner has about 25 round trips on weekdays between Ogden and Provo (through Salt Lake City). Trains run hourly from about 4:30 am to just after midnight on weekdays (increasing to half hour runs for the morning and evening commutes). Saturdays have hourly runs from about 6:00 am to 1:30 am the next morning. There is currently no FrontRunner service on Sundays. Each weekday there is service to Pleasant View with two trains picking up passengers in the morning and two more dropping off passengers in the evening for the commute.[4]

Bus connections

References

  1. ^ a b "FrontRunner Stations" (JPEG). Utah Transit Authority. Retrieved 2 Jan 2013.
  2. ^ Davidson, Lee (14 Mar 2012). "New Utah TRAX stations named" (Web). The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 4 Jan 2013.
  3. ^ "Front Runner South FAQs" (Web). Utah Transit Authority. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
  4. ^ "Route 750". Utah Transit Authority. Retrieved 12 Dec 2012.
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