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.jpg) A FrontRunner train heading towards Davis County |
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| Locale | Wasatch Front | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Termini | Central Station Pleasant View |
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| No. of stations | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Daily ridership | ~8,400 as of 2008-09-171 5,830 to 9,037 (projected) 2 |
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| Opened | April 26, 20084 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator(s) | Utah Transit Authority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 44 miles (71 km)5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating speed | max: 79 mph (127 km/h)5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FrontRunner is a commuter rail line recently completed by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) to serve the Wasatch Front area of Utah, United States. In August 2008, four months after the rail line opened, they were 25% ahead of the intitial ridership projections with average daily ridership of 8,700 people.6 7
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Route description
FrontRunner North
FrontRunner currently runs from Pleasant View in Weber County in the north, through Davis County, and into Salt Lake City in the south, a total length of 38 miles (61 km). Work started on this section of the line in 2005. Seven of the planned eight stations opened to riders on April 26, 2008.4
The route uses a portion of the right-of-way of the historic Utah Central Rail Road, built by Mormons in 1869 to connect the First Transcontinental Railroad with Salt Lake City and acquired by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1878.8 UTA-owned track parallels UP track until Ogden, where UP and UTA share track to Pleasant View. Interstate 15 is parallel to FrontRunner for most of the route.
Pleasant View
Improvements to a six mile (10 km) stretch of shared Union Pacific Railroad track to an eighth station located in Pleasant View north of Ogden were postponed due to Union Pacific resources being diverted to repair tracks damaged by a landslide near Oakridge, Oregon9. Consequently, the full 44-mile (71 km) northern leg of FrontRunner was not completed until September 29, 200810; bus service was substituted in the interim to shuttle commuters from the Pleasant View station to FrontRunner in Ogden5.
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FrontRunner South
44 miles (71 km) will be added to FrontRunner with the opening of the southern extension, which will expand the current southern terminus from the Salt Lake City Intermodal Hub to Provo. Eight new stations will be constructed in Murray, Sandy, Draper/Bluffdale, Lehi, American Fork, Vineyard, Orem, and Provo.11 The Utah Transit Authority will begin work on the line after a ground breaking ceremony on 2008-08-12, and expects to have the new section complete by 2012.12 Funds were appropriated to accommodate this project in 2006 via a sales tax increase referendum13, and the remaining funding was obtained through a letter of intent signed with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on September 24, 2007.
The city of Lehi is investigating options to build overpasses or underpasses to separate the rail traffic from the downtown vehicle traffic, though the status of this is uncertain as the cost of the project is in the tens of millions of dollars.14
Brigham City and Payson
Future extensions are envisioned that would eventually encompass over 80 miles (130 km) of the Wasatch Front, providing service as far north as Brigham City and as far south as Payson15. FrontRunner will be integrated with UTA's bus and TRAX light rail system.
Equipment
FrontRunner utilizes 21 MPXpress (MP36PH-3S)16 locomotives from Motive Power International of Boise, Idaho, 22 new bi-level Bombardier cars and has recently repainted 25 refurbished ex-New Jersey Transit Comet Is17 which entered service on September 17 2008.1 Thirty ex-Metra gallery cars were given to UTA for free, but they were determined to be in too poor of condition to refurbish, so they are being scrapped and used for spare parts for the Comet trains1819.
Two months into service, Utah Transit Authority has been receiving complaints regarding the number of bicycles on the trains. The current Bombardier cars are designed to hold two bicycles near the rear doors near the back of each train, but up to 15 bicycles per car are being reported by some riders20. UTA is currently investigating options to increase capacity for bicycles, including more lockers at the stations.
FrontRunner North is served by 20 Bombardier bi-level cars, and will soon be joined by 15 Comet Is, while FrontRunner South will start with eighteen Bombardier bi-level cars, currently on order at a cost of $2.2 million per car, and the remaining 10 refurbished Comets19.
Wireless internet is available on all the FrontRunner cars, including the refurbished Comet trains19 free of charge21.
Station stops
| Town/City | Station5 | Connections5 | Notes |
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| Salt Lake City | Central Station  |
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| Woods Cross | Woods Cross |
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| Farmington | Farmington |
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| Layton | Layton |
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| Clearfield | Clearfield |
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| Roy | Roy |
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| Ogden | Union Station |
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| Pleasant View | Pleasant View |
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Gallery
 MPI MPXpress locomotive |
 Bombardier bi-level car |
 Two FrontRunner trains at Ogden Union Station |
References
- ^ a b Park, Shara (2008-09-17). "Comet cars added to FrontRunner", KSL.com. Retrieved on 18 September 2008.
- ^ Farver, Shane (2007-03-01). "FrontRunner announces rates", Standard Examiner. Retrieved on 17 June 2008.
- ^ "UTA's FrontRunner Service A Hit So Far, Crowds Show", KUTV (2008-04-28). Retrieved on 30 April 2008.
- ^ a b Utah Transit Authority (2008-03-26). "UTA Announces FrontRunner Grand Opening Date!" (ASP). Press release. Retrieved on 18 July 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Utah Transit Authority (2008-04-01). "FrontRunner Fact Sheet" (PDF). Press release. Retrieved on 18 July 2008.
- ^ Deseret News - Ground broken for FrontRunner line to Utah County. Deseret News. August 12, 2008.
- ^ Deseret News - Pleasant View gets rail service. Deseret News. September 26, 2008.
- ^ Don Strack, Ogden Rails (Union Pacific Historical Society), 2005, ISBN 1932704043
- ^ "FrontRunner forced to delay Pleasant View terminal for months". KSL.com via AP (2008-04-13). Retrieved on 2008-07-19.
- ^ "FrontRunner begins hauling commuters from Pleasant View", via the AP, KSL-TV (2008-09-29). Retrieved on 29 September 2008.
- ^ UTA - FrontLines 2015: FrontRunner South
- ^ "UTA to Break Ground on FrontRunner South". Utah Transit Authority (2008-08-08). Retrieved on 2008-08-09.
- ^ Choate-Nielsen, Amy (2007-04-20). "FrontRunner is outpacing plans for I-15", FindArticles, Deseret Morning News. Retrieved on 28 July 2008.
- ^ Allred, Cathy (2008-07-10). "Lehi looks into changes for railroad crossings", Daily Herald. Retrieved on 28 July 2008.
- ^ Rybka, Richard (2006-01-23). "Commuter Rail Comes To Utah", Rocky Mountain Construction. Retrieved on 28 July 2008.
- ^ Petersen, Marty D. (2007-02). "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". via FindArticles.com. Railway Age. Retrieved on 2008-07-19.
- ^ Richards, Mary (2008-07-01). "FrontRunner getting '70s-era rail cars". KSL.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-19.
- ^ Fattah, Geoffrey (2004-06-30). "UTA gets 30 rail cars from Chicago - free". FindArticles. Deseret Morning News. Retrieved on 2008-07-20.
- ^ a b c Loomis, Brandon. "UTA buys East Coast rail cars", The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved on 20 July 2008.
- ^ Callan, Tom; AP (2008-06-26). "Bicycles crowd out riders on commuter rail cars". KSL.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-19.
- ^ "Internet to be available on public transportation". KSL.com (2008-02-08). Retrieved on 2008-07-19.
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