S Line (UTA)

S Line
Looking west at two S Line streetcars at 500 East stop
Overview
Other name(s)	Sugar House Streetcar (former name)
Type	Streetcar
Locale	Salt Lake City & South Salt Lake, Utah, U.S.
Termini	Central Pointe station Fairmont stop
Stations	7 stops
Services	1 (UTA route 720)
Daily ridership	3,000 daily (estimated) 1,087 daily (actual)
Website	shstreetcar.com
Operation
Opened	December 8, 2013
Operator(s)	Utah Transit Authority (UTA)
Rolling stock	Siemens S70
Technical
Line length	2 miles (3.22 km)
Track length	2.74 miles (4.41 km)
Number of tracks	1, with passing tracks
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	25 mph (40 km/h)
Route diagram S Line TRAX  701  Blue,  704  Green &  703  Red Lines Central Pointe station TRAX  704  Green Line TRAX  701  Blue &  703  Red Lines South Salt Lake City US-89 / State Street 300 East 500 East 700 East SR-71 / 700 East Sugarmont Fairmont (Future terminus) This diagram:

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. It is a joint project between UTA, Salt Lake City, and South Salt Lake. It opened for service on December 8, 2013. It is operated by UTA and is UTA's first streetcar line.

Since the project began in 2006 it was referred to as the Sugar House Streetcar. However, 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." Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker stated, “The name both unites the communities, but also the corridor."

While fairly similar to UTA's TRAX light rail the S Line operates at a substantially slower speed, with a top speed of 25 mph. The S Line also differs from TRAX in that, for the most part, it only has a single track (with passing tracks) and it operates with more frequent stops for easy pedestrian access. Other differences are that the S Line operates with a single car, rather than a "train" of cars. Because of its slower speed, some 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 crossing 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 and the same methods of payment (including the FAREPAY card) are accepted.