18 Facts About FrontRunner

FrontRunner is a commuter rail train operated by the Utah Transit Authority that operates along the Wasatch Front in north-central Utah with service from the Ogden Intermodal Transit Center in central Weber County through Davis County, Salt Lake City, and Salt Lake County to Provo Central station in central Utah County.

FrontRunner operates some service on holidays other than Thanksgiving, Christmas and the observed Christmas holiday, and New Year's Day and the observed New Year's holiday.

FrontRunner is a push–pull train locomotive system.

FrontRunner South opened with service to Utah County at about the same time as the I-15 CORE project was completed.

UTA has now made a deal with Union Pacific where FrontRunner would run down tracks on the west side of the Provo Yard until halfway though the westerly curve to cross under I-15, where new tracks will be laid across a field to connect with UTA's right-of-way.

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Entire route was built within the existing Union Pacific corridor and FrontRunner tracks run parallel to the Union Pacific tracks, sometimes on the east and sometimes on the west.

Entire length of FrontRunner corridor has been approved as a "Quiet Zone" by the Federal Railroad Administration.

From this station FrontRunner maintains its northwestern course, leaving Orem and enters the city of Vineyard.

From Salt Lake Central, FrontRunner continues north and slightly to the west and crosses 200 South at 660 West.

Just after crossing 17th Street at 450 West it curves back to the north again as FrontRunner tracks merge onto ones owned and operated by Union Pacific.

From this point north FrontRunner operates on tracks belonging to Union Pacific rather than its own.

FrontRunner continues north, but begins curving slightly to the west and then crosses West Harrisville Road on the north end of the Fairgrounds at 710 West and 1400 North.

FrontRunner uses 18 MPXpress locomotives from Motive Power International of Boise, Idaho, bi-level Bombardier cars, and has repainted 25 refurbished ex-New Jersey Transit Comet Is which entered service on September 17,2008.

Typical FrontRunner trainset is composed of four units: three cars and the locomotive.

All maintenance for the FrontRunner fleet is provided at the Warm Springs Service Center which is located just west of 500 West at 900 North in Salt Lake City.

On weekdays the first northbound FrontRunner trains leave Salt Lake Central Station at about 4:15 am and Provo Station at about 5:00 am.

On January 24,2017, a FrontRunner train impacted the front trailer of a FedEx double semi-trailer truck at a North Salt Lake crossing.

On October 16,2019, a FrontRunner train impacted an idle car on the tracks and threw it 30 feet after its driver suffered from a medical attack on Interstate 15.