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Downtown - Airport Line Ready To Launch

“The airport line is one that everybody is going to use, whether you’re an employee or patrons that ride for travel,” said UTA senior project manager Jim Webb, who introduced the new line to reporters in a media preview Wednesday."


A train leaves the North Temple Bridge/Guadalupe Station during a media preview of the new Airport TRAX line in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (Ravell Call, Deseret News)


A train stops at Salt Lake City International Airport during a media preview of the new Airport TRAX line in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (Ravell Call, Deseret News)


Here's what you need to know about taking TRAX to the SLC airport

Jason Lee - Deseret News

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...C-airport.html


A TRAX test train leaves Salt Lake City International Airport, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (Ravell Call, Deseret News)

Ravell Call, Deseret News

Ravell Call, Deseret News

• Service begins this weekend with a unique Saturday promotion.

• Trains will drop passengers at a newly constructed “welcome center” that is directly adjacent to Terminal 1 — the Southwest Airlines Terminal —which is also an easy walk to terminal 2. It means no additional ground transportation is needed once you leave the train.

• The trip from downtown Salt Lake City's Arena station at 400 West and South Temple is estimated to take 20 minutes, with trains departing every 15 minutes on weekdays and every 20 minutes on weekends.

• The downtown free fare zone does not apply to the airport route. Riders are required to pay standard one-way fare of $2.50.

• The Airport Line is part of UTA’s Green Line, with service between West Valley City and the airport. Riders can transfer from TRAX anywhere between Central Pointe Station (2100 South) and Arena Station. FrontRunner riders may transfer to the new line at the North Temple Bridge Station.

• The six-mile, light-rail Green Line has stops along North Temple at 500 West, 800 West, 1100 West, 1500 West, 1950 West and at Salt Lake International Airport...

...“It’s also excellent for (local) businesses and people traveling here for hotels and conventions. The new line will be very convenient for the customer.”...

...Under construction since January 2009, the new $393 TRAX extension is one of five rail projects UTA has had on its construction agenda in the past few years. The others included the $535 million Mid-Jordan Red Line that operates between Daybreak and the University of Utah, along with the $370 million West Valley Green Line that will now operate between Valley Fair Mall and the airport. There is also the $212 million Draper TRAX extension and the $850 million FrontRunner South commuter-rail line that runs from downtown Salt Lake City to Provo.


UTA spokesman Chad Saley talks with reporters during a media preview of the new Airport TRAX line in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (Ravell Call, Deseret News)

The original combined budget was $2.8 billion for all five lines. The program thus far is coming in at approximately $2.3 billion, UTA said...

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