Lehi (UTA station)

Lehi
Utah Transit Authority (UTA)
FrontRunner commuter rail station
Location 3101 North Ashton Boulevard
Lehi, Utah[1]
 United States
Coordinates 40°25′31″N 111°53′47″W / 40.42528°N 111.89639°W / 40.42528; -111.89639Coordinates: 40°25′31″N 111°53′47″W / 40.42528°N 111.89639°W / 40.42528; -111.89639
Owned by UTA
Line(s)

Utah Transit Authority (UTA):

  FrontRunner
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections UTA local and inter-county bus
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Parking 739[2]
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 10 December 2012[3]
Services
Preceding station   Utah Transit Authority   Following station
toward Ogden or Pleasant View
FrontRunner
toward Provo

Lehi is a commuter rail station in Lehi, Utah, United States served by the FrontRunner, Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) commuter rail train that operates along the Wasatch Front with service from Pleasant View in northern Weber County through Ogden, Davis County, Salt Lake City, and Salt Lake County to Provo in central Utah County. The station is also referred to as Thanksgiving Point Commuter Rail Station by UTA. It is part of the FrontRunner South extension.

Description

The station is located within the Thanksgiving Point business park at 3101 North Ashton Boulevard and is easily accessed from I-15 by way of the Timpanogos Highway (SR-92/Club House Drive) interchange. To reach the station, head west from I-15 on Timpanogos Highway (which becomes Clubhouse Drive), then turn left (south) onto Ashton Boulevard. The station has a Park and Ride lot with over 735 free parking spaces available.[2][Note 1] Since the Union Pacific (UP) railroad tracks separate the passenger platform from the parking lot and bus stops, there is a pedestrian underpass that allows passengers to cross under the UP tracks. There is also another pedestrian underpass for Garden Drive that connects with the Jordan River Parkway Trail. While there are many professional office buildings nearby the station in the business park, there are currently very limited retail options in close proximity. The station is located within the Quiet Zone, so trains do not routinely sound their horns when approaching public crossings within this corridor.[5][6] The station opened, along with the rest of FrontRunner South, on 10 December 2012[3] and is operated by Utah Transit Authority.

All of UTA's TRAX and FrontRunner trains and stations, as well as all fixed route buses, are compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act and are therefore accessible to those with disabilities.[7] Since not all FrontRunner passenger cars are wheelchair accessible, signage at the stations, on the passenger platforms, and on the passenger cars clearly indicate accessibility options. In addition, each train has one or more Train Hosts available to provide assistance as may be needed, including the placement of ramps for wheelchair boarding.[8] 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".[9]

FrontRunner

Main article: FrontRunner

On weekdays the FrontRunner has about twenty-three round trips between Ogden and Provo (through Salt Lake City) and about five more round trips between Ogden and Downtown Salt Lake City. On Saturdays there are only nineteen round trips between Ogden and Provo. Trains run hourly from about 4:30 am to just after midnight on weekdays (with additional half-hour runs for the morning and evening commutes). Saturdays have hourly runs from about 6:00 am to 2:30 am Sunday morning. As of August 2013 the FrontRunner does not run on Sundays or holidays. Each weekday, service is extended to Pleasant View Station with two trains picking up (no dropping off) passengers early in the morning and two more trains picking up and dropping off passengers in the evening.[10]

Train schedule

On weekdays the first northbound FrontRunner train (to the Ogden Intermodal Transit Center) leaves the Lehi Station at about 5:15 am and the first southbound train (to the Provo Station) leaves at about 5:45 am. The last northbound train leaves at 10:46 pm and the last southbound train leave at 12:23 am (early the next morning). The first, last, and only trains that go as far north as the Pleasant View Station leave at 4:46 pm and 5:46 pm.[Note 2]

On Saturdays the first southbound train leaves at about 6:45 am and the first northbound train leaves at about 8:15 am. The last southbound train leaves at 12:46 am (early Sunday morning) and the last northbound train leaves at 1:46 am (early Sunday morning). However, the last northbound train only goes as far north as the North Temple Bridge/Guadalupe Station; the last train to the Ogden Intermodal Transit Center leaves at 11:16 pm.[10][Note 2]

Bus connections

Bus routes are current as of Change Day, 8 December 2013.

Notes

  1. ↑ Recently UTA announced that beginning 1 July 2013 it will start 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 programs 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. Lehi Station's lot is specifically included in this test program.[4] Notwithstanding permission to park for extended periods in the applicable Park and Ride Lots, updated signage at the stations advises that the UTA Transit Police request that they be notified anytime a car is parked in one of the lots for more than seven days.
  2. 1 2 Train schedule is current as of Change Day, 8 December 2013
  3. ↑ All runs on Route 853 stop at Adobe (eastbound in the morning and westbound in the evening), but a third of the runs on Route 853 do NOT continue east to connect with IM Flash

References

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