River Trail (UTA station)

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River Trail
Utah Transit Authority (UTA)
TRAX light rail station
Location 2340 South 1070 West
(Winston Street)
West Valley City, Utah [1]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Coordinates 40°43′18″N111°55′26″W / 40.721693°N 111.923816°W / 40.721693; -111.923816 Coordinates: 40°43′18″N111°55′26″W / 40.721693°N 111.923816°W / 40.721693; -111.923816
Owned by UTA
Line(s)

Utah Transit Authority (UTA):

   Green Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections None
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Parking 100 free spaces [1]
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 7 August 2011 [2]
Services
Preceding station  Utah Transit Authority  Following station
toward  Airport
Green Line

River Trail is a light rail station in West Valley City, Utah, in the United States, served by the Green Line of the Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) TRAX light rail system. The Green Line provides service from the Salt Lake City International Airport to West Valley City (via Downtown Salt Lake City).

Light rail typically an urban form of public transport using steel-tracked fixed guideways

Light rail, light rail transit (LRT), or fast tram is a form of urban rail transit using rolling stock similar to a tramway, but operating at a higher capacity, and often on an exclusive right-of-way.

West Valley City, Utah City in Utah, United States

West Valley City is a city in Salt Lake County and a suburb of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. The population was 129,480 at the 2010 census, making it the second-largest city in Utah. The city incorporated in 1980 from a large, quickly growing unincorporated area, which was variously known as Granger, Hunter, Chesterfield, and Redwood. It is home to the Maverik Center and USANA Amphitheatre.

Utah A state of the United States of America

Utah is a state in the western United States. It became the 45th state admitted to the U.S. on January 4, 1896. Utah is the 13th-largest by area, 31st-most-populous, and 10th-least-densely populated of the 50 United States. Utah has a population of more than 3 million according to the Census estimate for July 1, 2016. Urban development is mostly concentrated in two areas: the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the state, which contains approximately 2.5 million people; and Washington County in Southern Utah, with over 160,000 residents. Utah is bordered by Colorado to the east, Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, Arizona to the south, and Nevada to the west. It also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast.

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Description

The station is located at 2340 South 1070 West (Winston Street) with its island platform being situated in the middle of that street. The station has easy access from the 21st South Freeway and Redwood Road (1700 West/SR-68) by heading east on 2320 North, but there is no access to the station from the east. The station is located in the middle of a low-density business park, just west of the Jordan River. The surrounding business park is isolated by the 21st South Freeway to the north and unbridged floodplains of the Jordan River to the south and east (though pedestrians and bicyclists can travel north or south on the namesake of the station, the Jordan River Parkway trail). UTA indicates the station has 100 free Park and Ride spaces available. [1] [Note 1] However, River Trail is fairly unusual in that no parking is allowed on Sundays at this station. [3] The station opened 7 August 2011 as part of the West Valley extension of the Green Line and is operated by the Utah Transit Authority. [2]

Island platform platform surface with platform edges on both sides

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on twin-track routes due to pragmatic and cost-effective reasons. They are also useful within larger stations where local and express services for the same direction of travel can be provided from opposite sides of the same platform thereby simplifying transfers between the two tracks. An alternative arrangement is to position side platforms on either side of the tracks.

Utah State Route 201 highway in Utah

State Route 201 (SR-201) is an east–west expressway and freeway located in Salt Lake County in the U.S. state of Utah. Colloquially known as the 21st South Freeway, the route serves as an alternative to Interstate 80 (I-80) through Salt Lake City. From the western terminus of the route west of Magna, the highway heads east through Kennecott Copper property as an expressway before running through the western suburbs of Salt Lake City as a freeway. Shortly after the route returns on a surface route, SR-201 terminates on its eastern end at State Street.

Utah State Route 68 highway in Utah

State Route 68 (SR-68) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. It is a major thoroughfare throughout the Wasatch Front as it runs north–south for 70.832 miles (113.993 km), linking US-6 near Elberta to US-89 in Woods Cross. The route intersects several major freeways and highways in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area including I-215, I-80, and I-15. The route is more commonly referred to as Redwood Road, after the street it is routed along throughout Salt Lake County. The highway is also routed for a short distance along 500 South and 200 West in Bountiful and Camp Williams Road in Utah County. The route is a surface street for its entire length.

All of UTA's TRAX and FrontRunner trains and stations, streetcars and streetcar stops, and all fixed route buses are compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act and are therefore accessible to those with disabilities. [5] Signage at the stations, on the passenger platforms, and on the trains clearly indicate accessibility options. In accordance with the Utah Clean Air Act and UTA ordinance, "smoking is prohibited on UTA vehicles as well as UTA bus stops, TRAX stations, and FrontRunner stations". [6]

FrontRunner commuter rail along the Wasatch Front in Utah, Untied States

FrontRunner is a commuter rail train operated by the Utah Transit Authority that operates along the Wasatch Front in north-central Utah with service from Ogden in central Weber County through Davis County, Salt Lake City, and Salt Lake County to Provo in central Utah County.

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 American law

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal. In addition, unlike the Civil Rights Act, the ADA also requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities, and imposes accessibility requirements on public accommodations.

Train schedule

On weekdays the first northbound Green Line train (to the Airport Station) leaves the River Trail Station at about 5:00 am and the first southbound train (to the West Valley Central Station) leaves at about 6:15 am. The last northbound train leaves at 10:43 pm and the last southbound train leaves at 11:18 pm. [Note 2]

On Saturdays the first northbound train leaves at about 6:30 am and the first southbound train leaves at about 7:15 am. The last northbound train leaves at 10:28 pm and the last southbound train leaving at 11:52 pm. [Note 2]

On Sundays the first northbound train leaves at about 10:15 am and the first southbound train leaves at about 10:15 am. The last northbound train leaves at 7:06 pm and the last southbound train leaves at 8:32 pm. [Note 2]

Green Line trains run every fifteen minutes on weekdays and every twenty minutes on weekends. [7] [8] [Note 2]

Bus connections

Bus routes are current as of Change Day, 17 August 2014. River Trail is one very few TRAX stations that, as of December 2013, does not have any direct bus connections, nor any bus stops in close proximity to the station.

Notes

  1. ↑ On 1 July 2013 UTA announced that beginning immediately it was starting a one year pilot program involving most of its TRAX and FrontRunner Park and Ride lots. The purpose of the new program is to make rider connections with the Salt Lake City International Airport more convenient by avoiding the need to park at the airport. The program allows UTA patrons to park for an "unlimited amount of time" in the designated Park and Ride lots. In addition, UTA will allow free parking in all of its parking garages. Previous UTA policy limited parking to no more than 24 hours, except at its parking garages. As part of the year long pilot program, "UTA will measure parking lot usage and monitor costs, maintenance requirements, impacts to snow removal and security issues before determining if the program will be extended." There are eight Park and Ride lots that are excluded from this test program and the 24-hour time limit will still apply to these lots. River Trail Station's lot is specifically not included in this test program. [3]
    On 3 July 2014 UTA announced that it had extended the free parking pilot program for another year, but was removing two stations from the program. [4]
  2. 1 2 3 4 Train schedule is current as of Change Day, 17 August 2014

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References

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  2. 1 2 Fidel, Steve (1 Oct 2010). "2011 completion date for two TRAX lines announced". Deseret News . Salt Lake City: Deseret Digital Media . Retrieved 7 Mar 2013.
  3. 1 2 "UTA Offers Free Multi-Day Parking". rideuta.com. Utah Transit Authority. 26 Jun 2013. Retrieved 19 Jul 2013.
  4. ↑ "UTA Renews Free Long-term Parking Program". rideuta.com. Utah Transit Authority. 3 Jul 2014. Retrieved 30 Jul 2014.
  5. ↑ "Fixed Route Accessibility". rideuta.com. Utah Transit Authority . Retrieved 13 Mar 2013.
  6. ↑ "Rider Rules". rideuta.com. Utah Transit Authority . Retrieved 12 Mar 2013.
  7. ↑ "TRAX" (PDF). rideuta.com. Utah Transit Authority. 13 Apr 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 15 Apr 2014.
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