Blue Line (TRAX)

701  Blue Line
Blue Line train at the Gallivan Plaza station in Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah
Overview
Owner	Utah Transit Authority (UTA)
Locale	Salt Lake Valley, Utah, U.S.
Termini	Salt Lake Central station Draper Town Center station
Stations	24[1]
Service
Type	Light rail
System	TRAX
Route number	701
Rolling stock	Siemens SD-100 and SD-160[2]
History
Opened	December 4, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-12-04)
Technical
Line length	19.3 mi (31.1 km)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 750 V DC
Operating speed	65 mph (105 km/h) (max.)[3]
Route diagram Legend  750  north to Pleasant View Salt Lake Central Old GreekTown Planetarium  704  Arena Temple Square City Center Gallivan Plaza  703  Courthouse ↑  Free Fare Zone  ↑ 600 South 900 South siding Ballpark Central Pointe  704  I-80 Millcreek Meadowbrook Murray North Murray Central  750  south to Provo Fashion Place West I-215  703  Midvale Fort Union Midvale Center Historic Sandy Sandy Expo Sandy Civic Center Crescent View Kimballs Lane Draper Town Center This diagram: view talk edit

The Blue Line is a light rail line on the TRAX system in the Salt Lake Valley of Utah, in the United States, operated by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA). It is the first line of the TRAX system completed. The line opened on December 4, 1999, one year ahead of schedule after two years of construction. In addition to Salt Lake City, it also serves the communities of South Salt Lake, Murray, Midvale, Sandy and Draper. The line was known as the North/South Line or the Sandy/Salt Lake Line until color names were adopted for each TRAX line in August 2011. An extension of the line to Draper began service on August 18, 2013.^[1][4]

As of 2019, The Utah Transport Authority has begun restoring the Siemens SD 100 and 160s that run on the line, the first restored unit placed into service on April 8, 2019.