City Center 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 Salt Lake City serviced by the Blue Line and the Green Line 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.

History

Opened on December 4, 1999, City Center was part of the first operating segment of the Trax network.

Location

The northern-most station on Main Street, the dividing line between the east and west quadrants of the city, City Center is located between South Temple Street and 100 South.

Transit-oriented development

In 2012, City Center station will be at the core of one of the largest transit-oriented developments in Salt Lake City, City Creek Center

City Creek Center

The City Creek Center is a development with a shopping center, office and residential buildings, and fountain and stream under construction near Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. It is an undertaking by Property Reserve, Inc. and Taubman Centers, Inc...

. Spanning three blocks between South Temple and 100 South, it is planned to transform 20 acre (8 ha) of downtown real estate into a mixed-use complex with 700 residential units and 750000 square foot of retail.