UTA TRAX S70 cars

On Monday UTA held a press photo event to see the new Siemens Low Floor S70 light rail vehicles now testing on the Sandy line. UTA also announced that the cars should enter regular service in the spring.

New TRAX cars debut

While I have not had the opportunity to ride these cars yet (San Diego and Portland use them), I have heard good things about these from people in the Portland area. The down falls of low floor buses don't seem to apply to low floor rail vehicles. Sadly I will not be able to make this debut on Friday.

UTA to Debut New Light Rail Vehicles

What: UTA will introduce its new S70 light rail vehicles with an inaugural public ride on a new section of the Mid-Jordan TRAX line.

When: Friday, June 18, 10 a.m.

Where: 5600 West park and ride lot, Mid-Jordan TRAX line

5651 West Old Bingham Highway, West Jordan

Directions: Go west on 9000 South to 4800 West, then south to Old Bingham Highway and west to 5600 West

More Info:

· UTA has ordered 77 new light rail vehicles for its four new light rail lines: Airport, Draper, Mid-Jordan and West Valley

· New vehicles began arriving in March and are being tested on the newly completed Daybreak section of the Mid-Jordan TRAX line

· S70 light rail vehicles have low floors for platform-level boarding

· Doorways have deployable boarding ramps for greater accessibility

· The new vehicles are expected to first enter service in 2011

Light Rail Cars Ordered

San Diego Trolley
Originally uploaded by jmdspk

UTA has ordered 77 new light rail cars for the expansion of the system that will be taking place over the next few years.

Unlike the previous cars that UTA ordered from Siemens which were SD100 and SD160 models, these new cars will be the S70 low floor model as the one pictured here from San Diego.

San Diego currently uses these cars on their Green line which travels from Old Town out to Santee. Unfortunately I never had the chance to ride one and try them out since every time I hopped the train it was a set of older cars.