Sandy Civic Center station is a
light rail station in
Sandy,
Utah
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,
United States
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serviced by the
Blue Line of
Utah Transit Authority
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's
TRAX light rail system. The Blue Line provides service from
Downtown Salt Lake City
Downtown (also called City Center) is the oldest district in Salt Lake City, Utah. The grid from which the entire city is laid out originates at Temple Square, the location of the Salt Lake Temple.
Location
Downtown Salt Lake City is usually def ...
to
Draper
Draper was originally a term for a retailer or wholesaler of cloth that was mainly for clothing. A draper may additionally operate as a cloth merchant or a haberdasher.
History
Drapers were an important trade guild during the medieval period ...
. Prior to the opening of the
Draper extension in 2013, this station was the southernmost on the Blue Line. The station opened on December 4, 1999, as part of the first operating segment of the TRAX system on the Sandy/University Line.
Description
The Sandy Civic Center station is located at 115 East Sego Lily Drive (10000 South) and is easily accessed from
State Street (
US-89) by heading east on Sego Lily Drive or from 700 East (
SR-71
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) by heading west on Sego Lily Drive. The station is just southeast of
Jordan High School on a hill overlooking Sandy's downtown area and major destinations such as the
Shops at South Town to the west.
The station has a free
Park and Ride
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lot; previously, it had nearly 1,200 free parking spaces available, though surface parking is being removed and developed into apartments, offices, and retail. The park-and-ride will soon relocate to a new parking garage serving Sandy's East Village developments.
The East Village
The station is home to Sandy's first
transit-oriented development
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known as the East Village, a project part of Sandy City's revitalization plan. The East Village is under construction as of March 2017, with three multi-family residential buildings complete and one under construction; one office building complete and others under development; and retail space under planning for a late 2017 groundbreaking. When complete, the development will contain about of commercial development including offices and small-format retail, 1,122 apartment units, and of development in total.
Bus connections
Bus routes are current as of
Change Day on April 18, 2021.
*UTA Route 201 – State Street South
*UTA Route F514 – 300 West Flex
*UTA Route F546 – Draper Flex
References
External links
Official UTA websiteOfficial TRAX website
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TRAX (light rail) stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1999
Railway stations in Salt Lake County, Utah
1999 establishments in Utah