Commuter Rail (FrontRunner)
In 2002, UTA announced a deal with Union Pacific to purchase a segment of track and right-of-way for a commuter rail line from Salt Lake City to Pleasant View, just northwest of Ogden. The new commuter rail was called FrontRunner in reference to the fact that it was intended to run up and down the Wasatch Front. Construction on FrontRunner began on 10 August 2005; seven stations opened running from Ogden to Salt Lake City on 26 April 2008. As part of the FrontLines 2015 project, the commuter rail system has been expanded south 44 miles (71 km) to Provo, with service beginning on the new extension 10 December 2012. Future expansion is planned to extend the line north to Brigham City in Box Elder County, and possibly as far south as Nephi in Juab County.
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