S Line (Utah Transit Authority)

{{short description|Streetcar line in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2015}}

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The '''S Line''', or '''S-Line''' (formerly known as '''Sugar House Streetcar'''), is a public transit streetcar line in northeastern Salt Lake County, Utah, in the United States, that connects the business district of the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City with the neighboring city of South Salt Lake, as well as the Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) TRAX light rail system.<ref name=Forbes2013-06SaltLake>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/emeh45iedd/a-western-streetcar-system-in-salt-lake/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630035105/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emeh45iedd/a-western-streetcar-system-in-salt-lake/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 30, 2013|title=A Western Streetcar System in Salt Lake|work=Forbes|date=Jun 2013|access-date=June 27, 2013|quote=Construction began last year, and its developers hope the line can go into use late this year.}}</ref> It is a joint project between UTA, Salt Lake City, and South Salt Lake.<ref name="streetcar">{{cite web|url=http://www.shstreetcar.com/background.htm|title=Sugar House Streetcar: Background Information|website=shstreetcar.com|access-date=April 3, 2013}}</ref><ref name="New">{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865585869/New-streetcar-S-line-set-to-open-Dec-8-in-Sugar-House.html?pg=all|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130917150343/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865585869/New-streetcar-S-line-set-to-open-Dec-8-in-Sugar-House.html?pg=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 17, 2013|title=New streetcar S-line set to open Dec. 8 in Sugar House|last=Vo-Duc|first=Viviane|newspaper=Deseret News|publisher=Deseret Digital Media|location=Salt Lake City|date=September 5, 2013|access-date=September 17, 2013}}</ref> It opened for service on December 8, 2013.<ref name="opened-rgi">{{cite journal|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/salt-lake-city-welcomes-s-line.html|title=Salt Lake City welcomes S-Line|journal=Railway Gazette International|publisher=Railway Gazette Group|location=Sutton, London|date=December 9, 2013|access-date=December 14, 2013|archive-date=December 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213100207/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/salt-lake-city-welcomes-s-line.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is operated by UTA and is UTA's first streetcar line.<ref name="New" />

== Description == [[File:S-Line S 400 E level crossing, South Salt Lake, Utah, Oct 16.jpg|thumb|left|S Line level crossing at South 400 East in South Salt Lake, October 2016]]

While fairly similar to UTA's TRAX light rail{{refn|group="Note"|The distinction between the terms '''streetcar''' (or tram) and '''light rail''' is often blurred and the Wikipedia articles on both terms provide substantial discussion on the matter. In the United States, streetcars are included in (but mostly considered a subcategory of) what is referred to as light rail. However, light rail is distinguished from the term '''commuter rail'''.}} the S Line operates at a substantially slower speed, with a top speed of {{Convert|25|mph|abbr=out}}. The S Line also differs from TRAX in that it has frequent stops for easy pedestrian access.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shstreetcar.com/files/SHFAQ.pdf|title=Sugar House Streetcar FAQs|website=shstreetcar.com|publisher=Salt Lake City|page=1|access-date=April 21, 2012}}</ref> Other differences are that the S Line operates with a single vehicle, rather than a "train" of vehicle. Because of its slower speed, most S-line at-grade road crossings do not have barrier arms that stop vehicular traffic. Instead, many streetcar crossings have traffic lights, while several are controlled by stop signs. Accordingly, the streetcars may be required to slow down or even stop prior to crossing roadways. (These road crossings also include crosswalks that parallel the tracks, and pedestrian traffic lights as well.) The fare for the S Line is the same as for TRAX<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kutv.com/news/features/local/stories/vid_4789.shtml|title=Sugar House Streetcar Unveiled|work=KUTV|publisher=Sinclair Broadcast Group|location=Salt Lake City|date=September 6, 2013|access-date=September 19, 2013}}</ref> and the same methods of payment (including the Farepay card) are accepted.<ref name="unveiled">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc4.com/content/news/slc/story/Sugar-House-Streetcar-unveiled/oMHeORe3D0WEwJ0hYP6jsg.cspx|title=Sugar House Streetcare Unveiled|work=ABC 4 Utah News|publisher=Nexstar Media Group|location=Salt Lake City|date=September 5, 2013|access-date=September 18, 2013|quote=The new streetcar is called the Silver Line.}}</ref>

[[File:S Line streetcar at Fairmont westbound station, Oct 16.jpg|thumb|left|Siemens S70 S Line streetcar at the westbound stop of Fairmont station, October 2016]] The S Line utilizes the same Siemens S70 {{Abbr|US|Ultra Short}} cars used by the TRAX Red and Green lines. The decision to use the same car model resulted in substantial savings as it allows UTA to use the same maintenance facilities used for TRAX.<ref name="UTA open">{{cite news |date=September 5, 2013 |title=S Line to open in Sugar House on Dec. 8 |website=rideuta.com |publisher=Utah Transit Authority |url=http://www.rideuta.com/news/2013/09/s-line-unveiled/ |access-date=February 5, 2014}}</ref> However, Mayor Becker suggested that as the S Line evolves (Phase 2 and beyond) the cars used could move "toward a more traditional streetcar design".<ref name="announce">{{cite news|url=http://kuer.org/post/officials-announce-sugar-house-streetcar-name-and-design|title=Officials Announce Sugar House Streetcar Name and Design|last=Evans|first=Whittney|publisher=KUER|location=Salt Lake City|date=September 5, 2013|access-date=September 20, 2013|quote=Our expectation is that as this system expands, which we are obviously fully anticipating, that we will be moving toward a more traditional streetcar design.}}</ref> The cars used for the S Line have a silver and white color scheme,<ref name="UTA open" /> as opposed the red, white, and blue color scheme used by the rest of UTA's vehicles (buses, TRAX trains, and the ''FrontRunner'' train). Since the S Line is intended for shorter trips than TRAX it has more standing room and space for bicycles.<ref name="announce" /> Each car has a capacity of 60 people.<ref name="unveiled" /> Daily ridership was anticipated to be initially about 2,000 by the year 2030.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sugar House Streetcar Project: Environmental Assessment|date=November 2010|publisher=UTA|url=http://shstreetcar.com/files/SHStreetcarEnvironmentalAssessment_sm.pdf|access-date=December 6, 2016}}</ref> According to UTA, actual average weekday ridership stands at 1,335 per day.<ref name=":0" />

Most of the corridor for Phase 1 of the S Line includes a linear park.<ref name="UTA open" /> It also parallels a portion of Parley's Trail (which connects the Jordan River Parkway with the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and Parley's Canyon).<ref name="New" />

== History == [[File:Sugar House Branch rail tracks along Parley's Trail, Salt Lake City, Utah Oct 16.jpg|thumb|left|Rail tracks for the former Sugar House Branch that were kept along Parley's Trail, October 2016]]

The rail line right-of-way used for the first operational section (Phase 1) of the S Line was originally built in 1900 by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) as the Sugar House Branch. Southern Pacific purchased the D&RGW properties, which in turn folded into the Union Pacific Railroad (UP). UTA purchased the right-of-way and the rail line in 2002<ref name="stb-original order">{{cite web|url=http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/UNID/75A9D78BE223FD3985256BB1006E8955/$file/32567.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201223653/http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/UNID/75A9D78BE223FD3985256BB1006E8955/$file/32567.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2014|title=STB Finance Docket No. 34170|page=1|date=May 17, 2002|publisher=Surface Transportation Board|access-date=August 21, 2009}}</ref> and UP officially abandoned the rail line in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/UNID/BF4868D0BC21E9DB85257027006ABD21/$file/35711.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010010640/http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/UNID/BF4868D0BC21E9DB85257027006ABD21/$file/35711.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 10, 2006|title=STB Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 195X)|date=June 16, 2005|publisher=Surface Transportation Board|page=1|access-date=August 21, 2009}}</ref>

Federal funding for the project was applied for in 2009. Of the estimated $55 million project cost,<ref name="KCPW news">{{cite news|url=http://kcpw.org/blog/local-news/2010-10-20/streetcar-line-gets-massive-boost-from-dot/|title=Streetcar Line Gets Massive Boost from DOT|last=Robinson|first=Jeff|date=October 20, 2010|publisher=KCPW|access-date=October 21, 2010}}</ref> Salt Lake City provided $2.5 million in funding and applied for $35 million in federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) funding. The project was granted $26 million TIGER II funding on October 20, 2010. Construction began on May 9, 2012.

In late August 2013, UTA announced that the streetcar would be called the '''S Line''' According to UTA, "The S Line was named in honor of the streetcar's two founding cities, Salt Lake and South Salt Lake, as well as the Sugar House neighborhood it calls home."<ref name="UTA open" /> Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker stated, "The name both unites the communities, but also the corridor."<ref name="New" />

The line opened for regular service on December 8, 2013, but free rides were offered the day prior (with a food donation).<ref name="opened-rgi" />

Phase 1 of the S Line runs along the old D&RGW line (which lies between 2100 South and I-80) from the Central Pointe TRAX station in South Salt Lake to the commercial district of the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City near Highland Drive (specifically the site of the old Granite Furniture Building or "Granite Block").<ref name="deseret-oct2010">{{cite news|last=Page|first=Jared|title=Salt Lake City receives $26 million for Sugar House streetcar project|date=October 20, 2010|newspaper=Deseret News|url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700075025/Salt-Lake-City-receives-26-million-for-Sugar-House-streetcar-project.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101023070129/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700075025/Salt-Lake-City-receives-26-million-for-Sugar-House-streetcar-project.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= October 23, 2010|publisher=Deseret Digital Media|location=Salt Lake City|access-date=October 28, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Fact Sheet">{{cite web|url=http://www.rideuta.com/uploads/SugarhouselinefactsheetMay172012.pdf|title=Sugar House Streetcar|website=rideuta.com|publisher=Utah Transit Authority|date=May 17, 2012|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=January 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109154931/http://www.rideuta.com/uploads/SugarhouselinefactsheetMay172012.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The streetcar plan was developed from an earlier proposal for a heritage trolley line which was begun in 2002. The original idea was reported in the ''Deseret News'' on May 16, 2003. However, at that time rail service was not projected to reach Sugar House before the year 2030.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/983716/Man-dreams-of-Sugar-House-trolley.html?pg=all|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131223004928/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/983716/Man-dreams-of-Sugar-House-trolley.html?pg=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 23, 2013|title=Man dreams of Sugar House trolley: But it's wishful thinking, some critics believe|last=Speckman|first=Stephen|newspaper=Deseret News|publisher=Deseret Digital Media|location=Salt Lake City|date=May 16, 2003|access-date=December 22, 2010}}</ref>

Since most of Phase 1 was built within the existing railway right-of-way, very minimal additional property acquisition was necessary. The integration of the S Line at Central Pointe station required the addition of a second passenger platform (a side platform) to be built just southeast of the existing island platform for the TRAX lines. Transfer between the two modes of transportation only requires a short walk between the two platforms, but the S Line platform is only accessible from the southern end of the TRAX platform.

Although years in development, the S Line is the first streetcar line to operate in the state of Utah in over 50 years.<ref name="UTA open" /> The initial length of the S Line (Phase 1) was about {{convert|2|miles|km}}.<ref name="New" /><ref name="t&ut2012jul">{{cite magazine |title=Worldwide Review [regular news section]|publisher=LRTA Publishing |magazine=Tramways & Urban Transit|location=UK |page=276 |date=July 2012}}</ref> A two-block section of the S Line, between 300 and 500 East, was double-tracked in early 2019 at a cost of $5.9 million to address frequency needs spurred by growing ridership.<ref>{{cite news |last=Davidson |first=Lee |date=April 5, 2019 |title=UTA celebrates completion of double track for Sugar House streetcar, and hails new development it has attracted |url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/04/05/uta-celebrates-completion/ |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |access-date=April 10, 2019}}</ref>

=== Double-tracking === When the S Line opened in December 2013, the line was almost entirely single-tracked, with passing tracks at the 500 East station where the two cars typically operating on the line could pass each other. This layout enabled 20 minute frequencies on the line. In June 2017 it was announced that Salt Lake County would provide $4.5 million, and the federal government would provide $1.9 million through its Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement program, to double-track the portion of the S Line from just west of the 300 East station, through to just east of the 500 East station, enabling improved 15 minute frequencies on the line. Construction began in June 2018, and was completed in April 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Wanek-Libman |first=Mischa |date=April 10, 2019 |title=UTA completes S-Line double track project |url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/infrastructure/article/21075737/uta-completes-sline-double-track-project |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Mass Transit (magazine)}}</ref>

== Future plans == === S-Line Extension Project === In November 2023, UTA announced that construction on a {{convert|1000|ft|m|adj=on}} extension to a new station on Simpson Avenue and Highland Drive.<ref>{{cite web |title=S-Line Extension Project |url=https://www.rideuta.com/Current-Projects/S-Line-Extension-Project |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=www.rideuta.com}}</ref> Alongside the extension, double tracking from the 500 East station would be extended to just before the 700 East station. Construction began in Summer of 2024, with service beginning around Spring 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |last=rideuta |date=April 2024 |title=S-LINE EXTENSION FACT SHEET |url=https://rideuta.com/-/media/Files/Current-Projects/S-Line-Extension/SLine_FActSheet_04022024.pdf |website=rideuta.com}}</ref>

=== Future Extensions === The S Line was planned to be constructed in two phases. As part of a Phase 2, the S Line would extend beyond the Fairmont station .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shstreetcar.com/phase2.htm|title=Sugar House Streetcar: Phase 2|website=shstreetcar.com|access-date=April 3, 2013}}</ref> There were six different alignments considered,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shstreetcar.com/files/Phase2_alternativealignments.pdf|title=Alignments for Consideration|website=shstreetcar.com|publisher=Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City|access-date=December 6, 2012}}</ref> however the route for the further extension has been nearly finalized. The Phase 2 extension has the S Line continuing east from the Fairmont station to Highland Drive, then heading north (as Highland Drive becomes 1100 East) and ending immediately south of 1700 South.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shstreetcar.com/files/SHFAQ.pdf|title=Sugar House Streetcar FAQs|website=shstreetcar.com|publisher=Salt Lake City|page=2|access-date=April 21, 2012}}</ref> This route would provide service to Westminster College. Although there was substantial opposition to this recommended route for Phase 2,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ksl.com/?sid=24915996&nid=148&title=hundreds-of-residents-sound-off-on-proposed-streetcar-route&fm=home_page&s_cid=queue-15|title=Hundreds of residents sound off on proposed streetcar route|last1=Park|first1=Shara|last2=Adams|first2=Andrew|work=ksl.com|publisher=Deseret Digital Media|location=Salt Lake City|date=April 24, 2013|access-date=April 24, 2013}}</ref> the objections were not focused on the initial section of Phase 2 along Highland Drive, but rather the section further north. Many are opposed the route continuing north along 1100 East and would rather see the streetcar continue east along 2100 South.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ksl.com/?sid=25069469&nid=148&title=business-owners-worry-about-pending-sugar-house-streetcar-route&fm=home_page&s_cid=queue-1|title=Business owners worry about pending Sugar House streetcar route|last=Nelson|first=Paul|work=ksl.com|publisher=Deseret Digital Media|location=Salt Lake City|date=May 6, 2013|access-date=May 7, 2013}}</ref> Notwithstanding, city leaders have repeatedly indicated that many of the objections arise because of a lack of understanding regarding the differences between the S Line (streetcar) and TRAX (light rail).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56223261-78/streetcar-east-1100-south.html.csp|title=Sugar House Streetcar: North, east or wait? Sugar House » City Council members lean toward 1100 East as Tuesday vote looms; residents prefer a different path|last=Smart|first=Christopher|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|publisher=MediaNews Group|location=Salt Lake City|date=May 5, 2013|access-date=May 7, 2013}}</ref> There still remains the possibility of further extensions beyond Phase 2, but none have yet to be specifically identified for official discussion.

== Route == {{update|section|date=April 2019}} {{too much detail|section|date=April 2019}} The S Line is designated as UTA Route '''720'''.

=== South Salt Lake === [[File:S Line platform at Central Pointe.JPG|alt=Western Terminus|thumb|left|Central Pointe station, the western end of the S Line, December 2013]]

The S Line begins at the Central Pointe station, the streetcar portion of which is located at 193 West Utopia Avenue in the city of South Salt Lake, just south of (SR-201). (Central Pointe is also the southernmost station served by all three TRAX lines: Blue, Red, and Green). From this station the S Line heads south along the east side of the TRAX right-of-way until it turns east along the former D&RGW right-of-way at about 2230 South.<ref name="unveiled" /> (While the S Line heads east along this right-of-way, the TRAX Green Line heads west along the same right-of-way towards West Valley City). With industrial buildings on both sides of the track, the streetcar continues east to cross West Temple. At West Temple, Parley's Trail begins running along the north side of the S Line for the remainder of the route. After crossing South Main Street, it runs down the median of a new east–west street (called Central Pointe Place) quickly reaching the South Salt Lake City station at 2240 South Main Street. After that stop it continues east in the median until it reaches the east end of Central Pointe Place and then crosses South State Street (US 89).{{refn|group="Note"|name="future clues"|While much of the S Line route is a still a single set of tracks, UTA has provided few clues regarding possible future intentions to add additional sets of tracks. The first is that the South Salt Lake City station is an island platform, even though there is initially only one set of tracks running along the median of Central Pointe Place. There is, however, ample room to install a second set of tracks on the other (north) side of the island platform and still leave a lane for westbound vehicular traffic. However, a greater clue is that when the tracks were installed across State Street (US 89), the busiest roadway that the S Line crosses, a second set of tracks were installed as well. These secondary tracks are north of the existing line and, while these tracks are in line with where any tracks that would run along the north side of the South Salt Lake City station platform would connect, the secondary tracks only extend to just beyond the edges of the State Street right-of-way and do not connect to anything, yet. Furthermore, there is sufficient space along most, if not all, of the Phase 1 section to add a second set of tracks and additional passenger platforms, as necessary.}} East of South State Street the S Line begins a stretch with residential housing on the north side of the tracks instead of industrial buildings. After crossing South 200 East, but before South 300 East, the Line expands to double tracks. Immediately after crossing South 300 East, the S Line arrives at the 300 East station at 2240 South 300 East. With industrial buildings once again to the north, the streetcar continues east, crossing South 400 East (the first of only three roads, other than the two alleyways, crossings where vehicle traffic is only controlled by stop signs rather than traffic lights). Past South 00 East the S Line arrives at the 500 East station at 2234 South 500 East.

=== Sugar House (Salt Lake City) === [[File:East from 500 East station, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct 16.jpg|thumb|East along the S Line tracks east of South 500 East in Salt Lake City, October 2016]]

After crossing South 500 East, the streetcar leaves South Salt Lake and enters the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City. The two S Line tracks then merge back to a single set. Continuing east, but now slightly to the north, it crosses South 600 East and arrives at the 700 East station at 2210 South 700 East. From that stop the tracks continue due east once again (at about 2210 South) and cross South 700 East (SR-71). East of South 700 East the route briefly follows along a former roadway (Sequoia Ruby Court), including an alleyway crossing, before reaching Lake Street (740 East). After crossing Lake Street, the streetcar continues east, with another alleyway crossing, and crosses South 800 East. Lake Street and South 800 East are the other two of the three road crossings where vehicular traffic is only controlled by stop signs rather than traffic lights. Continuing further east it crosses South 900 East. Immediately east of South 900 East the S Line arrives at the Sugarmont station{{refn|group="Note"|name="900 East"|The '''Sugarmont''' station was previously called '''900 East''' in the planning stages of the Sugar House Streetcar}} at 2215 South 900 East. The streetcar also begins a stretch which runs east along the north side of Sugarmont Drive. At about 1010 East the tracks diverge once again before reaching the Fairmont station,{{refn|group="Note"|name="McClelland"|The '''Fairmont''' station was previously called '''McClelland''' in the planning stages of the Sugar House Streetcar}} which is located immediately west of the south end of McClelland Street (1040 East) at 2216 S McClelland Street. The Fairmont station is also located just north of Fairmont Park and southwest of the Granit Block. Fairmont station is the last eastbound stop for Phase 1 of the S Line.

[[File:S Line steetcar at Fairmont stop.JPG|alt=Eastern Terminus|thumb|left|Fairmont station, the eastern end of the S Line, December 2013]] From McClelland Street, Sugarmont Drive continues due east to Highland Drive at 1130 East and 2225 South (being one-way, westbound only, between 1100 East and Highland Drive). There is a proposal to realign this section of Sugarmont Drive to curve to the north to connect with Highland Drive at the west end of Wilmington Avenue (about 2190 South).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shstreetcar.com/files/SugarHouseStreetcar_StationChangeRe-evaluation.pdf|title=Environmental Re-evaluation Documentation|website=rideuta.com|publisher=Utah Transit Authority|page=21|date=December 20, 2011|access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> Whether Sugarmont Drive is realigned or not, as part of Phase 2, the S Line will continue east along that street until the streetcar turns north along Highland Drive. Heading north, but slightly to the west, the S Line will run through the commercial district along Highland Drive until it reaches 2100 South. (At about 2150 South, Highland Drive curves from its north-northwest direction to head almost due north.) At East 2100 South, Highland Drive becomes South 1100 East. Heading north along 1100 East, the streetcar will pass by the ends of the following streets: the east end of Hollywood Drive (1970 South), the west end of a section of Ramona Avenue (1930 South), the east end of a section of Ramona Avenue (1910 South), the west end of a section of Westminster Avenue (1880 South), and the west end of East Garfield Avenue (1835 South). North of Ramona Avenue the streetcar leaves the commercial district and 1100 East has intermittent residential housing on both sides of the street. Continuing north along South 1100 East, the S Line will cross Blaine Avenue (1735 South) before reaching the northern border of the Sugar House neighborhood and the end of Phase 2 immediately south of 1700 South. Phase 2 will provide indirect service to Westminster College, the campus of which is just east of the end proposed S Line routing. (The campus of Westminster College occupies the entire area between 1200 East and 1300 East from 1700 South to 1850 South.)

== Streetcar schedule == On weekdays the first eastbound S Line streetcar (to the Fairmont station) leaves Central Pointe station at 5:12 am and the first westbound car (to the Central Pointe station) leaves the Fairmont station at 5:27 am. The last eastbound streetcar leaves Central Pointe station at 11:27 pm and the last westbound car leaves Fairmont station at 11:42 pm.{{refn|group="Note"|Streetcar schedule is current as of Change Day, April 13, 2014}}

On Saturdays and Sundays, the first eastbound S Line streetcar leaves the Central Pointe station at 6:02 am and the first westbound car leaves the Fairmont station at 6:17 am. The last eastbound streetcar leaves Fairmont at 11:47 pm and the last westbound streetcar leaves Fairmont at 11:32 pm.

S Line streetcars run every fifteen minutes every weekday (except holidays when there is no service), and thirty minutes on weekends like the TRAX system, and take about twelve minutes to run the length of the route (of Phase 1).<ref name="schedule">{{cite web|url=http://www.rideuta.com/uploads/route720apr2014sch.pdf|title=Streetcar S-line|website=rideuta.com|publisher=Utah Transit Authority|date=April 13, 2014|access-date=April 4, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407083134/http://www.rideuta.com/uploads/route720apr2014sch.pdf|archive-date=April 7, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

== Stops == Just as UTA calls the vehicles used on this route "streetcars" instead of "trains", the line has "stops" instead of "stations".<ref name="Testing" /> The difference is mainly in the size of the facilities. Each platform is only {{convert|59|ft|m}} long, just long enough to fit a single Siemens S70US car.<ref name="opened-rgi" /> Each passenger platform includes a small canopy (not much larger than a standard small bus stop shelter), a ticket vending machine and an electronic card reader (used for charging fares with UTA contactless transit passes or a contactless credit/debit cards by "tapping on" or "tapping off").<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rideuta.com/mc/?page=RidingUTA-PayingYourFare-EFC-FAQs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129011104/http://www.rideuta.com/mc/?page=RidingUTA-PayingYourFare-EFC-FAQs|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-01-29|title=Utah Transit Authority|date=2016-01-29|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;" |- bgcolor=#{{rcr|Utah Transit Authority|S Line}} | colspan="8" style="text-align:center; color:black;"| '''S Line (South Salt Lake–Sugar House)''' |- ! Stop name ! Municipality ! Opening year ! Connections ! Park and Ride lot ! Notes |- ! Central Pointe | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | South Salt Lake | rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | 2013 | {{Rint|uta}} {{rint|uta|701}} {{rint|uta|703}} {{rint|uta|704}} {{Bus icon}} 17, 21 | style="text-align:center;" | 57 | S Line platform is southeast of (and only accessible from) the TRAX platform |- ! South Salt Lake City | {{Bus icon}} 200* | rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | No | |- ! 300 East | | |- ! 500 East | {{Bus icon}} 205* | |- ! 700 East | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | Sugar House, Salt Lake City | | |- ! Sugarmont{{refn|group="Note"|name="900 East"}} | {{Bus icon}} 209* | |- ! Fairmont{{refn|group="Note"|name="McClelland"}} | {{Bus icon}} 213* | |- ! Highland Drive | Planned | {{Bus icon}} 220* |- | colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" | *Except for Central Pointe Station, none of the stops have any direct bus connections at the stop itself, but several have bus stops on nearby streets. |} {{clear}}

== See also == * Streetcars in North America

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== External links == {{commons category|S Line (Utah Transit Authority)}} {{Attached KML |display=title,inline}} * [http://www.shstreetcar.com/ Sugar House Streetcar Project Website] * [http://www.rideuta.com/uploads/SugarhouselinefactsheetMay172012.pdf Sugar House Streetcar fact sheet (pdf)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109154931/http://www.rideuta.com/uploads/SugarhouselinefactsheetMay172012.pdf |date=January 9, 2013 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121009143350/http://www.rideuta.com/mc/?page=Projects-SugarHouseStreetCar UTA's overview of Sugar House Streetcar Project] * [http://www.rideuta.com/mc/?page=Bus-BusHome-Route720 S-Line schedule] on UTA website * [https://www.rideuta.com/-/media/Files/Rider-Tools/System-Maps/2022/aPRIL/RAIL_SYSTEM_MAP_APR22x.ashx UTA rail map as of April 2022] * [https://www.rideuta.com/-/media/Files/Rider-Tools/Route-Schedules/2021/December/720schedule_Dec2021.ashx S Line map and schedule as of December 2021]

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