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The portion through the Salt Lake Valley is today owned by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) and used for the TRAX light rail system, primarily the Blue Line. The portion between the end of the Blue line and Provo has had the rails removed, however UTA has retained the right to extend the TRAX system to Provo along the former Utah Southern right ...
1950 The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company Rapid Transit & Speedrail Crash, Greenfield, Wisconsin; 8 killed plus 40 injured. Crash ultimately doomed Wisconsin's only rapid transit line [156] 1950 Kew Gardens train crash, New York City; 78 killed plus hundreds injured in deadliest surface rail accident in New York. [157]
The Red Line is a light rail line on the TRAX system in the Salt Lake Valley of Utah operated by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA). It originally began operation in December 2001 as the peak-hour-only Sandy/University Line, running from the University of Utah south to Sandy Civic Center on the Blue Line.
TRAX is a light rail system in the Salt Lake Valley of Utah, in the United States, serving Salt Lake City and many of its suburbs throughout Salt Lake County. The system's official name, Transit Express, [8] is rarely, if ever, used. The system is operated by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA). All TRAX trains are electric, receiving power from ...
Salt Lake City, Utah – December 1, 1938 – 23 children killed when a blizzard obscured an oncoming train at a crossing in Salt Lake County in what is now South Jordan. Spring City, Tennessee - August 27, 1955, 11 killed, 36 injured - A 100-car train struck the rear of a Spring City Elementary School bus as it crossed the tracks.
Vehicle accident involving train: N st. and 8th St. is currently blocked by a vehicle accident involving a Light Rail train. One person in the vehicle was transported with minor injuries.
The Bagley train wreck (also known as the Great Salt Lake wreck) [2] occurred in Utah, United States, on the morning of Sunday December 31, 1944. The crash killed 50 (initially reported as 48), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] including over 35 military personnel, [ 2 ] and injured 81.
For several years city officials have been studying the idea of building a modern streetcar line, [10] [11] a lower-speed and lower-capacity type of rail system than the TRAX light rail, and similar to the Portland Streetcar and Seattle's South Lake Union Streetcar, both of which have been visited and studied by Salt Lake officials in ...