The West Valley Intermodal Hub is a transportation hub located in West Valley City, Utah

West Valley City, Utah

West Valley City is a city in Salt Lake County and a suburb of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. The population was 129,480 at the 2010 census,...

. It serves 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 ....

 light rail system, the Max

MAX (UTA)

Max is the name of a bus rapid transit line operated by Utah Transit Authority that opened on July 14, 2008. Max has service improvements that differ from regular bus service, such as signal priority, increased spacing between stops, high frequency service and improved stops...

 bus rapid transit line, and local buses.

Construction and opening

Construction began in 2007 and was completed in 2009 at a cost of approximately $9 million. More than $7 million of that was paid for by the federal government, with the rest being paid for by local taxes. The hub was opened on September 17, 2009, and immediately began serving six bus lines, including one bus rapid transit

Bus rapid transit

Bus rapid transit is a term applied to a variety of public transportation systems using buses to provide faster, more efficient service than an ordinary bus line. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling...

 line.

At the time of opening, the West Valley Intemodal Hub was more of a bus depot

Bus depot

Bus depot has the following meanings:*A bus station is a structure where buses pick up and drop off passengers. .*A bus garage is a place where buses are stored when out of service and worked on....

 than a true intermodal

Intermodal passenger transport

Intermodal passenger transport involves more than one mode of transport of passengers. Some modes of transportation have always been intermodal; for example, most major airports have extensive facilities for automobile parking and have good rail or bus connections to the cities nearby. Urban bus...

 hub, as construction was not yet finished on the light rail line that currently serves West Valley. However, it was anticipated that light rail would serve the Hub in the near future and it was referred to as an intermodal hub anyway.

Trax station

A light rail station, known as West Valley Central Station, was built at the hub and opened on August 7, 2011 to serve as the southern terminus of the Green Line. This line provides service through West Valley City, South Salt Lake

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:...

, and Downtown

Downtown Salt Lake City

Downtown is the oldest district in Salt Lake City. The grid from which the entire city is laid out originates at Temple Square, the location of the Salt Lake Temple.-Location:...

 Salt Lake City to 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...

.

Location

The hub is located at 2840 West and 3560 South, in downtown West Valley City. It is on the same block as West Valley City Hall, the West Valley Justice Court, and the West Valley City Police Station (all three of which share a building) as well as the West Valley Library. Also in the area are Valley Fair Mall

Valley Fair Mall (West Valley City, Utah)

Valley Fair Mall is a single-level regional shopping center located in West Valley City, Utah. It was constructed in 1970 on the southwest corner of the I-215 belt route and 3500 south in the Salt Lake Valley. Valley Fair Mall hosts approximately 120 in-line shops, a 13 bay/450 seat food court...

and the land designated for the Fairbourne Station development.