Provo Central station is an

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station in

Provo, Utah Provo ( ) is the fourth-largest city in Utah, United States. It is south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the largest city and county seat of Utah County and is home to Brigham Young University (BYU). Provo lies between the ...

, United States. It is served by the

Utah Transit Authority The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) is a special service district responsible for providing public transportation throughout the Wasatch Front of Utah, in the United States, which includes the metropolitan areas of Ogden, Park City, Provo, Salt ...

's (UTA)

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 ...

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line as well as local, intra-county, and interstate buses. It is the southern terminus of the commuter rail system, with service running north as far as Ogden. The station is also known as Provo Intermodal Hub, Provo Station, or Provo CRS. It is part of the ''FrontRunner'' South extension.

Description

The station is at 690 South University Avenue

U.S. Route 189 U.S. Route 189 is a spur of U.S. Route 89. It currently runs for 322 miles (518 km) from Provo, Utah at Interstate 15 to Jackson, Wyoming. The highway was not part of the original 1926 U.S. Highway system. The highway was created in the ...

on 15 acres and covers a two city block area between Freedom Boulevard (200 West) and University Avenue. It is accessed from

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by way of either the University Avenue or Provo Center Street ( SR 114) interchanges. The station has a

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lot with over 800 free parking spaces available. The station is one block east of the Provo Amtrak station, which is a stop for the ''

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''. While there are several retail business (including fast food restaurants) just south of the station, it is within walking distance of downtown Provo. The station is within the Quiet Zone, so all trains (including Amtrak's and Union Pacific's) do not routinely sound their horns when approaching public crossings within this corridor. The station opened, along with the rest of ''FrontRunner'' South, on December 10, 2012 and is operated by Utah Transit Authority. The Provo ''FrontRunner'' Station is the main part of the Provo Intermodal Center. UTA refers to it as an intermodal center because of the UVX

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transfer station just south of the rail platform. UVX connects the station with Orem Central station by way of

BYU Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day S ...

and

UVU Utah Valley University (UVU) is a public university in Orem, Utah. UVU offers master's, bachelor's, associate degrees, and certificates. Previously called Utah Valley State College, the school attained university status in July 2008. History ...

Future

Having completed Phase One of the Provo Intermodal Center which includes the ''FrontRunner'' station, the local and intra-county bus stops, and the Park and Ride lot, UTA completed Phase Two in 2018 and anticipates to have Phase Three complete a few years after that. Phase Two will include accommodations for UVX as well as a parking structure (to be built on the northeast corner of the Park and Ride lot and adjacent to the University Avenue viaduct). Phase Three is anticipated to include

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, transit oriented development (TOD). However, unlike the TOD at other stations (such as Station Park at the

Farmington station Farmington station is a commuter rail station in Farmington, Utah, United States served by the ''FrontRunner'', Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) commuter rail train that operates along the Wasatch Front with service from Ogden in central Weber ...

), UTA plans to include these facilities within the confines of the intermodal center, rather than just close by.

References

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