Orem Central station


Orem Central station is an intermodal transportation station in Orem, Utah. It is served by the Utah Transit Authority's FrontRunner train, which operates along the Wasatch Front with service from Ogden to Provo. Local bus lines and the Utah Valley Express also service the station. The station is also referred to as Orem Intermodal Center, Orem Central Station, or Orem CRST by UTA. It is part of the FrontRunner South extension.

Description

The station is located at 900 South 1350 West, with access from I-15 by way of the University Parkway. The majority of the Utah Valley University main campus is located on the opposites side of I-15. The station has a Park and Ride lot with nearly 500 free parking spaces available. The station is lit with green neon lights at night due to the stations proximity to UVU. The station is located within the Quiet Zone, so trains do not routinely sound their horns when approaching public crossings within this corridor. The station opened, along with the rest of the FrontRunner South, on December 10, 2012 and is operated by Utah Transit Authority.
The Orem FrontRunner Station is the main part of the Orem Intermodal Center. UTA refers to it as an intermodal center because it operates the northern terminus of UVX bus rapid transit line that connects the station to Provo Central Station. Originally there were plans to construction an actual station building, however, as of August 2013, there is no indication that any work on the anticipated building will begin anytime in the near future.

Future plans

Phase 1 of the Orem Intermodal Center which includes the FrontRunner station, the local and intra-county bus stops, and the Park and Ride lot. Phase 2 which was completed fully by January 2019, included accommodations for UVX including four bays for articulated buses as well as mixed-use, transit oriented development. In June 2018, ground was broken for a pedestrian bridge from the station to UVU. Physical construction did not begin until November 2019 following a cost-cutting redesign and Union Pacific approval. The bridge will open in 2021 and will run from the south end of the station platform to the parking lot in between the UCCU Center and the Hal Wing Track and Field complex.

''FrontRunner''

On weekdays The FrontRunner has about twenty-three round trips between Ogden and Provo and about five more round trips between Ogden and Downtown Salt Lake City. On Saturdays there are only nineteen round trips between Ogden and Provo. Trains run hourly from about 4:30 am to just after midnight on weekdays. Saturdays have hourly runs from about 6:00 am to 2:30 am Sunday morning. As of August 2013 the FrontRunner does not run on Sundays or holidays. Each weekday, service is extended to Pleasant View station with two trains picking up passengers early in the morning and two more trains picking up and dropping off passengers in the evening.

Train schedule

On weekdays the first northbound FrontRunner train leaves the Orem station at about 5:00 am and the first southbound train to the next station leaves at about 6:00 am. The last northbound train leaves at 10:28 pm and the last southbound train leave at 12:39 am. The first, last, and only trains that go as far north as the Pleasant View station leave at 4:28 pm and 5:28 pm.
On Saturdays the first southbound train leaves at about 7:00 am and the first northbound train leaves at about 8:00 am. The last southbound train leaves at 1:05 am and the last northbound train leaves at 1:28 am. However, the last northbound train only goes as far north as the North Temple Bridge/Guadalupe station; the last train to the Ogden Intermodal Transit Center leaves at 10:58 pm.