Airport station (Utah Transit Authority)

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Airport Station passenger platform looking south, prior to its reconstruction.
General information
Location700 North Terminal Drive [Note 1] [1]
Salt Lake City, Utah
United States
Coordinates 40°47′01″N111°58′48″W / 40.78361°N 111.98000°W / 40.78361; -111.98000
Owned by Utah Transit Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingPaid parking nearby
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedApril 14, 2013 (2013-04-14)
Rebuilt2021
Services
Preceding station Utah Transit Authority Following station
Terminus Green Line 1940 W North Temple
toward West Valley Central
Location
Airport station (Utah Transit Authority)

Airport station is a light rail station located at the Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah, serviced by the Green Line of the Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) TRAX system. The Green Line has service to West Valley City via Downtown Salt Lake City, and connects with the rest of the TRAX system, as well as UTA's FrontRunner commuter rail and S Line streetcar. [2]

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Coinciding with the rebuilding of the airport's main terminal building, the station was moved a few hundred feet to the northwest, directly adjacent to the new terminal. Construction started in March 2020 and finished on October 25, 2021. [3]

Description

The station is located at 700 North Terminal Drive (immediately east of the Terminal), [Note 1] [5] with the island platform extending east from the terminal. Unlike many TRAX stations, Airport does not have a Park and Ride lot. Like many other UTA stations, this station has artwork included in its design. The work of art for the Airport station is the fence separating the station from the roadway approaching the terminal. The yellow fence was built to have the appearance of a mountain skyline. It is called The Canyon and was designed by Gordon Huether of Napa, California. [6] [7] Even though the station is located 6 miles (9.7 km) from Downtown Salt Lake City it is still much closer to the city center than most airports that serve major cities in the United States. [8] It takes about 20 minutes to travel from the Airport station to the downtown area. [9] The station is part of a railway right-of-way that was created specifically for the Green Line. The station opened on April 14, 2013, and is operated by the Utah Transit Authority.

As part of project to rebuild the airport terminal, the Airport TRAX station was torn down and rebuilt closer to the new terminal. To facilitate the new station, the tracks were extended by about 1500 feet. The total cost to relocate the station was $22 million, and the station reopened in the new location in October 2021. [10]

Notes

  1. 1 2 UTA also lists 650 North 3700 West another address for the Airport Station. (Terminal Drive runs along the south side of the station and is the main approach roadway for incoming vehicular traffic for the airport. North 3700 West is a restricted access road that runs along the north side of the station.) [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "UTA Board Approves Airport and Draper Station Names". rideuta.com. Utah Transit Authority . Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ "UTA RAIL SYSTEM MAP" (Map). rideuta.com. Utah Transit Authority. December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ Davidson, Lee (October 9, 2019). "UTA OKs $400M-plus construction plan that includes new airport TRAX station and Ogden bus rapid transit". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ "UTA RAIL SYSTEM MAP". rideuta.com. Utah Transit Authority. Archived from the original on December 23, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ "BUS AND TRAIN". slcairport.com. Salt Lake City International Airport . Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  6. ↑ Gordon Huether Studio. "The Canyon: Salt Lake City International Airport TRAX Station". codaworx.com. CODAworx. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Art Along the Airport TRAX Line". rideuta.com. Utah Transit Authority. April 12, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  8. ↑ Vnuk, Dan (July–August 2013). "Salt Lake City Int'l Welcomes New Light Rail Line". Airport Improvement Magazine. Chapel Road Communications, LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  9. ↑ Lee, Jason (April 10, 2013). "Here's what you need to know about taking TRAX to the SLC airport". Deseret News . Salt Lake City: Deseret Digital Media. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  10. ↑ Williams, Carter (October 25, 2021). "Will new TRAX station fix unprecedented problem for Salt Lake airport?". KSL.com. Retrieved July 10, 2023.

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