Central Pointe is a light rail

Light rail

Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...

 station in South Salt Lake, Utah

South Salt Lake, Utah

South Salt Lake is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 23,617 at the 2010 census.-History:...

, serviced by all three lines of the Trax

UTA TRAX

TRAX is a three-line light rail system in Utah's Salt Lake Valley, serving Salt Lake City and several of its suburbs throughout Salt Lake County. The system is operated by the Utah Transit Authority ....

 system. The station is located adjacent to a shopping center and the offices of the UTA Police Department at 2100 South, a major east-west corridor that marks the boundary between South Salt Lake and Salt Lake City.

History

Central Pointe opened for service on December 4, 1999, as part of the original north-south Trax line (now the Blue Line) built in preparation for the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

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Services

The Blue and Green lines provide access to downtown Salt Lake City and the Salt Lake City Intermodal Hub

Salt Lake City Intermodal Hub

Salt Lake City Intermodal Hub is a multi-modal transportation hub located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Amtrak, the national regional rail system, provides one train daily in each direction on the California Zephyr: west to Emeryville, California and east to Chicago, Illinois...

 (with connections to Amtrak

Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...

 inter-city rail and FrontRunner

FrontRunner

FrontRunner is a commuter rail system operated by the Utah Transit Authority , serving the northern portion of the Wasatch Front from Salt Lake Central Station to Ogden Union Station. The system opened 26 April 2008...

 commuter rail) to the north, and several suburb

Suburb

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s to the south. The Red Line

Red Line (UTA Trax)

The Red Line is a light rail line in the Trax system in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. It originally opened in December 2001 as the Sandy/University Line, running from the University of Utah to the city of Sandy, and was later rerouted to South Jordan and renamed the Red Line in August 2011...

 provides northbound trains to the University of Utah

University of Utah

The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...

 or southbound trains through several suburbs to Daybreak

Daybreak Community

Daybreak is a master-planned community over 4,000 acres in size being built by land development company Kennecott Land in South Jordan, Utah. Home construction began in 2004 and the community is expected to continue building for the next 18 to 20 years...

 in South Jordan

South Jordan, Utah

South Jordan is a city in the U.S. state of Utah. The city lies in the Salt Lake Valley between the peaks of the Oquirrh Mountains and the peaks of the Wasatch Mountains and is part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area...

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The station will also be the western terminus of the planned Sugar House Streetcar

Sugar House Streetcar

The Sugar House Streetcar is a planned streetcar service for the State of Utah that would connect Sugar House, a Salt Lake City neighborhood, and South Salt Lake. Of the estimated $55 million project cost, Salt Lake City has provided $2.5 million in funding, and applied for $35 million in federal...

 line.

A 57-space park and ride

Park and ride

Park and ride facilities are car parks with connections to public transport that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system , or carpool for the rest of their trip...

 facility is available directly east of the station for commuters at no cost; commuters are prohibited from parking in the adjoining shopping center lot. Two covered bicycle lockers are also located at the station, which must be rented from UTA in advance for a fee. Two ticket machine

Ticket machine

A ticket machine, also known as a ticket vending machine , is a vending machine that produces tickets. For instance, ticket machines dispense train tickets at railway stations and tram tickets at some tram stops and in some trams...

s are located on the platform that provide single-ride, roundtrip, and day passes, as well as family and discounted fare tickets. The vending machines are cash-only and provide change in dollar coins and quarters only.