Owned by UTA Parking None Owner Utah Transit Authority Tracks 2 | Structure type At-grade Opened 15 December 2001 Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location 1349 East 500 South
(East University Boulevard)
Salt Lake City, Utah
United States Line(s) Utah Transit Authority (UTA):
Red Line Connections UTA inter-county and local bus Address The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84102, United States Similar Planetarium, 5600 West Old Bingham, University South Campus, Power, 2700 West Sugar Factory R | ||
Stadium is a light rail station on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, served by the Red Line of the Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) TRAX light rail system. The Red Line provides a service from the University of Utah Medical Center to the Daybreak Community of South Jordan.
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Description
The address listed by UTA for the station is 1349 East 500 South (East University Boulevard/SR-186). However, the station's two side platforms are actually located immediately east of a one-way (southbound only) section of University Street (SR-282). The station is easily accessible from both 400 South and 500 South, but not University Street (except at the two previously indicated streets). Situated on the western edge of the University of Utah Campus, the station is just west of the University's Rice-Eccles Stadium with the stadium's parking lot in between. (Rice-Eccles Stadium was the site of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics, as well as home of the Real Salt Lake major league soccer team [2005-2008].) The area west of the station is older residential housing; southeast of the station is the Mount Olivet Cemetery. As part of the UTA's Art in Transit program, the station features a woven bronze sculpture created by Michael Stutz entitled Flame Figure. Installed in December 2001, the sculpture was commissioned by the Salt Lake City Arts Council to commemorate the 2002 Winter Olympics. Unlike most TRAX stations, Stadium does not have a Park and Ride lot. The station is part of a railway right of way that was created specifically for the former University Line. The station was opened on 15 December 2001 as part of the former University Line and is operated by the Utah Transit Authority.
All of UTA's TRAX and FrontRunner trains and stations, streetcars and streetcar stops, and all fixed route buses are compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act and are therefore accessible to those with disabilities. Signage at the stations, on the passenger platforms, and on the trains clearly indicate accessibility options. 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".
History
Following the approval of federal funding in February 2000, construction of the [former] University Line commenced on 7 August 2000. The naming of the station Stadium (due to its proximity to Rice-Eccles Stadium) was made official by the UTA Board on 25 April 2001. The station opened as one of the four new TRAX stations included as part of the University Line.
Stadium Station served as the eastern terminus of the University Line from its completion through the opening of a three-station expansion further east on 29 September 2003; the University Medical Center presently serves as the eastern terminus.
Train schedule
On weekdays the first northhbound Red Line train (to the University Medical Center Station) leaves the Stadium Station at about 5:15 am and the first southbound train (to the Daybreak Parkway Station) leaves at about 5:30 am. The last northbound train leaves at 11:12 pm and the last southbound train leaves at 11:35 pm. However, the last southbound train only goes as far south as the Central Pointe Station; the last southbound train to the Daybreak Parkway Station leaves at 11:05 pm.
On weekends the first northbound train leaves at about 6:45 am and the first southbound train leaves at about 7:00 am. The last northbound train leaves at 11:22 pm and the last southbound train leaves at 11:44 pm. However, the last southbound train only goes as far south as the Central Pointe Station; the last southbound train to the Daybreak Parkway Station leaves at 10:24 pm.
Red Line trains run every fifteen minutes on weekdays and every twenty minutes on weekends.
Bus connections
Bus routes are current as of Change Day, 17 August 2014.
Stadium is one of several TRAX stations that does not have any direct bus connections. However, the following bus routes stop in close proximity to the station (on either 1300 East or 400 South).
Fast Bus with limited stops, except at University of Utah
Fast Bus with limited stops, except at University of Utah