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Salt Lake City Intermodal Hub

Coordinates: 40°45′46″N 111°54′31″W / 40.762826°N 111.908512°W / 40.762826; -111.908512
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Salt Lake City Intermodal Hub
Salt Lake Central
Amtrak inter-city rail station
Utah Transit Authority commuter rail and light rail station
General information
Location250 South 600 West
Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates40°45′46″N 111°54′31″W / 40.762826°N 111.908512°W / 40.762826; -111.908512
Owned byUtah Transit Authority
Line(s)Amtrak:
  California Zephyr

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Platforms1 island platform (Amtrak)
2 side platforms and 2 island platforms (TRAX)
Tracks2 (Amtrak), 4 (TRAX)
ConnectionsGreyhound Lines[1]
UTA local and inter-county bus
U Car Share
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
ParkingVery limited
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeSLC (Amtrak)
Fare zoneFree Fare Zone (UTA Buses and TRAX only)[2]
History
Opened1999 (Amtrak)
2005 (Greyhound)
27 April 2008 (UTA)[3]
Passengers
201242,502[4] Increase 10% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
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UTA
Template:UTA lines
TerminusTemplate:UTA lines

Template:SLC Intermodal Hub Salt Lake City Intermodal Hub (also known as Salt Lake Central on Utah Transit Authority [UTA] routes and SLC by Amtrak) is a multi-modal transportation hub in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States served by the Blue Line of UTA's 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. Service at the Intermodal Hub is also provided by Amtrak (with the California Zephyr), Greyhound Lines, and U Car Share, as well as UTA local bus service.

Location

The official address for the Intermodal Hub is 250 South 600 West, but a more accurate address for the TRAX and FrontRunner platforms is 330 South 600 West. The Intermodal Hub can be accessed from 600 West at 300 South.

Services

Amtrak

Main article: California Zephyr

The Intermodal Hub is served by the California Zephyr, which provides once-daily service to Emeryville, California (in the San Francisco Bay Area), to the west and Chicago, Illinois, to the east.[5] on Union Pacific trackage. Amtrak's offical listings refer to the Intermodal Hub as Salt Lake City, UT (SLC).

Amtrak was the first tenant, in 1999, constructing a temporary "shack" before the construction of the new station in partnership with UTA.[6]

Utah Transit Authority (UTA)

Main articles: Utah Transit Authority, FrontRunner, and Blue Line (TRAX)

Service by TRAX and FrontRunner commenced on 27 April 2008,[3] with the opening ceremony on 26 April at 12:30 pm. The Intermodal Hub is the northern terminus of the TRAX Blue Line (there is not direct connection with the Red Line, nor the Green Line after 8 December 2012 following its reroute to the Salt Lake International Airport). The Blue Line provides service to Sandy in southern Salt Lake County as well as connections with the Green and Red Lines (with the Red Line providing service between University of Utah and the Daybreak Community in South Jordan in southwest Salt Lake County and the Green Line providing service from West Valley City and Downtown Salt Lake City, but soon to Salt Lake International Airport).

There are also multiple UTA Bus service routes that include Salt Lake Central as one of their stops. The Intermodal Hub is in the Free Fare Zone of Downtown Salt Lake City which allows transportation patrons that both enter and exit bus or TRAX service within the Zone to ride fare free.[7] The hub is also located within the Quiet Zone, so all trains (including Amtrak's) do not routinely sound their horns when approaching public crossings within this corridor.[8] Unlike most FrontRunner and TRAX stations, there is no Park and Ride lot in close proximity to Salt Lake Central..

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.[9]

Greyhound Lines

Main article: Greyhound Lines

Greyhound Lines, in conjunction with its associate company, Greyhound Canada, provide bus service to points all across the United States and Canada. Some of its routes are operated in partnership with Amtrak's Thruway Motorcoach.

U Car Share

Main article: U Car Share

U Car Share is a for-profit carsharing service by U-Haul which launched in August 2009. Members of U Car Share can rent cars by the hour (plus mileage). Reservations are made online and a code is given to unlock the vehicle. The keys are tethered in the vehicle. The vehicle is returned to the same location where it was picked up.[10]

History

Before moving to the Intermodal Hub in 1999, Amtrak trains provided service at the Union Pacific Depot at 400 West and South Temple, and it 1986 moved to the Rio Grande Depot at 300 South Rio Grande Street. Original plans did not have TRAX serving the Intermodal Hub, only Amtrak, Greyhound, FrontRunner, and UTA buses.[11] However by 2004, UTA decided to extend TRAX to the Intermodal Hub.[12] By 2005, a three-station extension from Arena to the Intermodal Hub was decided on, and construction began in 2007.[13][14]

UTA bus connections

Note: Some official UTA route maps incorrectly indicate that bus route 901 stops at Salt Lake Central, but it actually connects at Meadowbrook.

Future Plans

Future expansion of FrontRunner is anticipated to eventually include service north to Brigham City and south Payson and possibly Santaquin, and maybe even Nephi.

There are ongoing studies regarding the fesiblity of resuming Amtrak's Desert Wind and Pioneer routes, but so far there does not appear there would be sufficient riders to support the return of either route in the near future.[15] Moreover, most of the current focus regarding the Desert Wind route is between Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, of the four possible routes considered for the Pioneer, two of them run from Denver, Colorado through southern Wyoming to Odgen, then north to Pocatello, Idaho and thereby entirely bypassing Salt Lake City.

References

  1. ^ a b "Locations: Salt Lake City, Utah". Greyhound Lines. Retrieved 27 Aug 2009.
  2. ^ Free Fare Zone (Map). Utah Transit Authority. 2009. Retrieved 24 Aug 2009.
  3. ^ a b Olson, Debbi (21 Apr 2008). "Big changes in store April 27 for TRAX light rail riders". FindArticles. The Enterprise. Retrieved 26 Aug 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of Utah" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 19 Dec 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Salt Lake City, UT (SLC)". Amtrak. Retrieved 26 Aug 2009.
  6. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2008 - State of Utah" (PDF). Amtrak. 2008. Retrieved 26 Aug 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "Free Fare Zone" (JPG). Utah Transit Authority. Retrieved 24 Nov 2012.
  8. ^ "Front Runner South FAQs" (Web). Utah Transit Authority. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
  9. ^ "Route 750". Utah Transit Authority. Retrieved 12 Dec 2012.
  10. ^ https://www.ucarshare.com/secure/HowItWorks.aspx
  11. ^ Snyder, Brady (4 Jul 2005). "Intermodal hub is ready for prime time". FindArticles. Deseret News. Retrieved 26 Aug 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ Arave, Lynn (11 Jan 2004). "TRAX extension to new hub is unveiled". FindArticles. Deseret News. Retrieved 26 Aug 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "S.L. Council OKs proposal for 2 light-rail stations". FindArticles. Deseret News. 17 Oct 2005. Retrieved 26 Aug 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ "TRAX work to start Monday". FindArticles. Deseret News. 4 Jan 2007. Retrieved 26 Aug 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ Amtrak (16 Oct 2009). "Pioneer Route Passenger Rail Study" (PDF). Retrieved 1 May 2011.
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