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Utah Transit Authority's FrontRunner Commuter Rail — Status

This page was last updated on September 27, 2006.

Notes:

  1. Milestone dates are largely estimated based on projected schedules.
  2. Construction sequence generally proceeds from clearing ("grubbing") existing vegatation, then bulk excavation and pole line removal, then drainage and utility work, then sub-railbed and embankment work, then railbed work, then actual trackwork (including ties and rail). Many tasks overlap throughout the project schedule, depending on subcontractor schedules and issue resolution.
  3. Trackwork includes subballast, ballast, ties and rail

UTA Area 1 (Salt Lake City to North Salt Lake)
UTA Area 2 (North Salt Lake to Centerville)
UTA Area 3 (Centerville to Sunset)
UTA Area 4 (Sunset to Ogden)
UTA Area 5 (Ogden)
UTA Area 6 (Ogden to Pleasant View)

UP signal upgrades
UP trackage changes

Area 1 (Salt Lake City to North Salt Lake)

Salt Lake City 800 S to 250 S (Area 1-1)

Salt Lake City Station (250 S)

Salt Lake City 250 S to North Temple, including Grant Tower (Area 1-2)

North Temple Station (200 N)

Salt Lake City North Temple to 600 N (Area 1-3)

Salt Lake City 600 N to 1800 N, passing UP North Yard (Area 1-4)

New UP main lines (along west side of North Yard)

UTA main lines (along east side of North Yard)

Salt Lake City Warm Springs Maintenance Facility

Area 2 (North Salt Lake to Centerville)

Salt Lake City 1800 N to Center Street (North Salt Lake) (Area 2-1)

North Salt Lake Center Street to 1100 N (Woods Cross) (Area 2-2)

North Salt Lake 1100 N to 1500 S (Woods Cross) (Area 2-3)

Woods Cross 1500 S to 500 S (Area 2-4)

Woods Cross Station (700 S)

Woods Cross 500 S to Pages Lane (Area 2-5)

Centerville Pages Lane to Parrish Lane (Area 2-6)

Area 3 (Centerville to Sunset)

Centerville Parrish Lane to Glovers Lane (Area 3-1)

Farmington Glovers Lane to Legacy (Area 3-2)

Farmington Station (Park Lane)

Farmington Legacy to Rest Area (UP Mile Post 800) (Area 3-3)

Kaysville Rest Area to Burton Lane (Area 3-4)

Kaysville Burton Lane to Old Mill Lane (Grain Elevators) (Area 3-5)

Kaysville Old Mill Lane to Gentile Street (Layton) (Area 3-6)

Layton Station (500 S)

Layton Gentile Street to W Hill Field Road (Area 3-7)

Layton W Hill Field Road to 1000 E (Clearfield) (Area 3-8)

Clearfield 1000 E to 700 S (Area 3-9)

Clearfield Station (1250 S)

Clearfield 700 S to Center St. (Area 3-10)

Clearfield Center St. to 800 N (Area 3-11)

Clinton/Sunset 800 N to 1800 N (Sunset) (Area 3-12)

Area 4 (Sunset to Ogden)

Clinton/Sunset 1800 N to 6000 S (Roy) (Area 4-1)

Roy 6000 S to 4800 S (Area 4-2)

Roy 4800 S to 4000 S (Area 4-3)

Roy Station (4100 S)

Roy 4000 S to 3300 S (Ogden) (Area 4-4)

Ogden 3300 S to 1100 W (Pennsylvania Ave) (Area 4-5)

Area 5 (Ogden)

Ogden 1100 W to Weber River (Area 5-1)

Ogden Weber River to South Crossing (Area 5-2)

Ogden South Crossing to North Crossing (Ogden Fill) (Area 5-3)

Ogden North Crossing to Wall Ave (Area 5-4)

Ogden Station (2350 S) (Area 5-5)

Ogden Wall Ave to 1700 S (Cecil Junction) (Area 5-6)

Area 6 (Ogden to Pleasant View)

Ogden 1700 S to 2700 N (Pleasant View) (Area 6-1)

Pleasant View Station

UP Signal Changes

To clear the east side of its right-of-way for use by UTA Frontrunner tracks, Union Pacific needed to relocate several of its lineside signals and signal bungalows, along with the hot box detector at Mile Post 800 near the I-15 rest area between Farmington and Kaysville. To manage the signaling changes, UP split the route into six different "phases", with the following start and end points:

UP Track Changes

To make way along the eastward part of its right-of-way for UTA Frontrunner tracks, Union Pacific has needed to realign several portions its existing trackage, as follows:

As of August 2006, there are no plans for any operational connection between UP tracks and UTA tracks, other than some minor access where UP industrial spurs are east of UTA tracks at Cereal Foods (Ogden), Old Mill (Kaysville), and Warm Springs (900 N, Salt Lake City).

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