FrontRunner on the Front Burner: Utah's New Commuter Rail System is Expected to Be a Leading Transportation Option For the Salt Lake City Region

This article describes Utah’s new commuter rail system, which is expected to be completed in 2008 and carry nearly 6,000 riders daily when it opens. The $611-million Front Runner commuter rail project is more than 60 percent complete and runs from downtown Salt Lake City to Weber County’s Pleasant View. The project, which is part of a 30-year transportation plan, will eventually extend to Provo in the south and Brigham City in the north. The author explains how the project was funded, the amount and type of track it will use, the type of railcars, and provides information about the contractors.

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• Authors:
  • Petersen, Marty D
• Publication Date: 2007-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 32-33
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 208
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Financing; Rail transit; Railroad commuter service
• Identifier Terms: Utah Transit Authority
• Geographic Terms: Salt Lake City (Utah); Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01042942
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 23 2007 1:57PM