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This article is about commuter rail station in Utah. For the former station in Virginia, see Washington and Old Dominion Railroad and Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park.

41°18′27″N 112°00′38″W / 41.30745°N 112.010538°W / 41.30745; -112.010538

Pleasant View
Utah Transit Authority (UTA)
FrontRunner commuter rail station
General information
Location2700 North US Highway 89
Pleasant View, Utah[1]
Owned byUtah Transit Authority
Line(s)Lua error: expandTemplate: template "UTA color" does not exist.
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsUTA local and inter-county bus
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
ParkingAbout 250
AccessibleYes
History
Opened29 September 2008
Services
Preceding station   UTA   Following station
TerminusTemplate:UTA lines

Pleasant View is a station in Pleasant View, Utah, United States served by FrontRunner, Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) commuter rail that operates along the Wasatch Front from Pleasant View through Ogden, Davis County, Salt Lake City, and Salt Lake County to Provo in central Utah County.

The Station can be easily accessed from either 2700 North or US Highway 89 and there are several hundred free parking spaces in its Park and Ride lot. The Station is located within the Quiet Zone, so trains do not routinely sound their horns when approaching public crossings within this corridor.[2]

FrontRunner provides limited service to and from Pleasant View. While nearly all trains originate or terminate in Ogden 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 with no transfer between trains required (as was sometimes the case in the past).[3] [4] To supplement this service there is also a UTA bus route that provides more frequent service between to Ogden Intermodal Transit Center. The UTA bus connection runs every half hour for the morning commute and hourly (with a several additional half hour runs) for the evening commute, with no mid-day service.[5] While FrontRunner does operate on Saturdays, there are currenlty no plans for weekend service to the Station by either FrontRunner or UTA bus service.

One major reason the Station does not have as much service as Ogden and points south is that FrontRunner trains must share trackage with Union Pacific Railroad freights. Between Ogden and Provo, FrontRunner has its own dedicated trackage separate from, but parallel to, Union Pacific tracks.[6] UTA originally planned to open the Station along with the rest of the original start of FrontRunner service in April 2008, but necessary improvements to the shared stretch of track owned by Union Pacific were delayed when railroad workers were diverted to repair tracks damaged by a landslide near Oakridge, Oregon.[7] The Station finally opened for service on 29 September 2009. Originally, only two trains serviced each weekday for the morning and evening commutes. However, service was eventually increased to six trains daily before was FrontRunner service was temporarily discontinued on 6 September 2011. Limited service was restored on 10 December 2012.

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.[3]

While Pleasant View is currently the northern most station for FrontRunner, in the coming decades service is planned to extend further north to Brigham City.[8]

Bus connections

References

  1. ^ "TRAX & FrontRunner Map" (JPEG). Utah Transit Authority. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
  2. ^ "Front Runner South FAQs" (Web). Utah Transit Authority. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Route 750". Utah Transit Authority. Retrieved 12 Dec 2012.
  4. ^ http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705280012/FrontRunner-will-increase-its-service-to-Pleasant-View.html?pg=all
  5. ^ http://www.rideuta.com/mc/?page=Bus-BusHome-Route616 UTA Route 616
  6. ^ http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/07/28/planning-future-frontrunner-pleasant-view
  7. ^ "FrontRunner forced to delay Pleasant View terminal for months". KSL.com. AP. 13 Apr 2008. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
  8. ^ Stryker, Ace (14 Jan 2009). "Utah County FrontRunner expansion on track". Daily Herald. Provo. Retrieved 18 Nov 2012.


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