Additional TRAX trains for U of U football game...

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UTA Increases Service for Saturday’s University of Utah Football Game

The Utah Transit Authority is encouraging the public to avoid traffic and parking congestion by taking public transportation to the University of Utah versus Colorado State football game, scheduled for Saturday, October 18 at 12 p.m.

To accommodate crowds heading to the football game, UTA will operate three additional TRAX vehicles to and from Rice Eccles Stadium for increased capacity Saturday afternoon.

Three light rail trains will leave Sandy Civic Center Station at 10:27 a.m., 10:42 a.m., and 10:57 a.m. These trains will stop at all stations between Sandy and the Courthouse Station, and then travel to the University line’s to the Stadium station. The three TRAX trains are scheduled to arrive on campus at approximately 11:08 a.m., 11:23 a.m., and 11:38 a.m.

After the football game, there will be three TRAX trains dispatched from the Stadium Station to Sandy Civic Center, and all stops in between.

Besides this extra service, regular Saturday TRAX service will run every 15 minutes, as scheduled.

For more information, please visit www.rideuta.com.