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UTA Service Changes for U of U Football, General Conference Weekend

UTA encourages the public to avoid traffic and parking congestion the next few days by taking public transportation to the University of Utah football game at Rice Eccles Stadium and General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Temple Square.

To accommodate the crowds heading downtown, UTA will operate additional TRAX vehicles service to increase capacity Thursday evening, Saturday and Sunday. FrontRunner Commuter Rail will NOT be in service on Sunday, October 5.

Thursday, October 2: TRAX will operate three extra Sandy-University direct trains before and after the University of Utah/Oregon State (kickoff 7 p.m.) Northbound at 5:43 p.m., 5:58 p.m., and 6:13 p.m. UTA will also provide three extra University to Sandy TRAX trains after the game.

Saturday, October 4: Both TRAX and FrontRunner will operate on its regular Saturday schedule with this additional service:

TRAX Light Rail:

Extra northbound departures from Sandy at 8:16 a.m., 8:31 a.m., 8:46 a.m., 9:01 a.m., 11:46 a.m., 12:01 p.m., 12:46 p.m., 1:01 p.m., 3:46 p.m., 4:01 p.m., 4:46 p.m., and 5:01 p.m. Also, there will be at least two extra trains from the City Center station to Sandy following each session.

FrontRunner Commuter Rail:

Extra southbound departures from Ogden on Saturday 7:53 a.m., 11:53 a.m., and 4:53 p.m.

Extra trains departing northbound from Salt Lake at 12:55 p.m., 4:44 p.m., and 8:55 p.m.

Sunday, October 5:

TRAX Light Rail:

Extra northbound departures from Sandy at 7:34 a.m., 7:54 a.m., 8:14 a.m., 8:34 a.m., 12:14 p.m., 12:34 p.m., and 12:54 p.m. Also, there will be at least two extra trains from the City Center station to Sandy following each session.

FrontRunner Commuter Rail: There will be no service Sunday, Oct. 5.

TRAX service will run every 15 minutes, as scheduled, throughout the day on Saturday and every 20 minutes on Sunday. The City Center and Temple Square stations provide the closest access to the LDS Conference Center.