![]() ![]() ![]() During the 1984 to 1986 time frame transit planners investigated the use of the Union Pacific Company (UP) railroad corridor for transit in the I-15/State Street alternative analysis study. In the summer of 1984 the governor of Utah set in motion the development of a long-range transit plan for the Wasatch Front (Salt Lake Valley, Utah). Existing bridges and structural culverts that the TRAX tracks pass over will be repaired and retrofitted to accommodate TRAX and freight loadings as well as meet current seismic requirements. The maximum running speed of the Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) will be 55 miles per hour. The passenger and freight service will be timed separately, with freight activities occurring only in the hours when TRAX is out of operation. In the dedicated rail corridor, TRAX will share a track with Salt Lake City Southern Railroad (SLCSRR), a shortline freight operation. The hours of operation will begin at 5:00 a.m. TRAX will operate at 10 minute, 20 minute and 30 minute headways depending on the time of day. The railroad ROW currently contains single and double track segments with a large storage yard located along the ROW in the City of Murray. At that point TRAX will share Salt Lake City streets and will terminate at the Delta Center on South Temple Street. The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) is constructing a Light Rail Transit (TRAX) project running from a southern terminus at 10000 South in the City of Sandy northerly within the existing Union Pacific Company (UP) railroad right-of-way to 1300 South in Salt Lake City. ![]()
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