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Utah Transit Authority

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Type
Transit authority — Public transit district for the Wasatch Front; runs TRAX light rail, the S-Line streetcar and FrontRunner commuter rail alongside bus, paratransit and bus rapid transit. Contracts are approved by its Board of Trustees at public meetings noticed on the Utah Public Notice Website.
Market · Region
United States · Utah
Open tenders
0
Technology areas
Rolling-stock hardware, Track & civil, Signalling & train control, Electrification, Predictive maintenance

Runs TRAX, the S-Line and FrontRunner; replacing light rail cars with Stadler Citylinks and partnering UDOT on FrontRunner 2X.

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Operates TRAX light rail (nearly thirteen million customers in 2025), the S-Line streetcar and FrontRunner commuter rail from Ogden to Provo (over four million riders in 2025). Its TRAX Forward programme aims at a modern light rail system by 2034: level boarding with new vehicles, modernised train control and detection, catenary, switch and substation rehabilitation. Stadler is supplying low-floor Citylink cars under a contract for up to 80 vehicles, 40 of them ordered; the older Siemens SD100 and SD160 fleets are being overhauled in-house to reach a 25-year life. UTA is extending the S-Line to Highland Drive and is the transit partner to UDOT on FrontRunner 2X.

Type
Transit authority — Public transit district for the Wasatch Front; runs TRAX light rail, the S-Line streetcar and FrontRunner commuter rail alongside bus, paratransit and bus rapid transit. Contracts are approved by its Board of Trustees at public meetings noticed on the Utah Public Notice Website.
Where
Utah · Salt Lake City
Programmes
IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Technology areas
Rolling-stock hardware, Track & civil, Signalling & train control, Electrification, Predictive maintenance

Structure

  • funded by FTA — Grant UT-2024-006, toward replacing 20 low-floor light rail vehicles (27 February 2024 to 30 June 2029) (active)
  • funded by FTA — Grant UT-2025-002, rail state of good repair (2 December 2024 to 30 March 2028) (active)
  • funded by FTA — Grant UT-2025-033, rail and bus fixed guideway equipment and rail preventive maintenance (3 September 2025 to 30 March 2028) (active)
  • funded by FTA — Grant UT-2026-025, rail preventive maintenance (4 September 2026 to 30 March 2027) (active)
  • funded by FTA — Grant UT-2026-005, rail preventive maintenance (5 January to 4 February 2026) (ended)
  • funded by FTA — Grant UT-2023-004, rehabilitation of up to 20 TRAX traction power substations (18 July 2023 to 28 December 2024) (ended)

Who holds what here

  • awarded Kiewit — S-Line Extension Phase 1 pre-construction design, Change Order 4 for systems and pre-curved rail procurement, on the 22 October 2025 board agenda (Kiewit Infrastructure West Co.) (active · since 2025-10-22)
  • awarded Stadler — Citylink low-floor light rail vehicles for TRAX: initial 20 cars, 20 more by option in October 2025, up to 80 under the contract; built at Stadler's Salt Lake City plant (active · since 2024-10)
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Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
TRAX Stadler Citylink light rail vehiclesIn execution$100–500m
UTA rail state-of-good-repair programmeIn execution$25–100m
UTA rail preventive maintenance grant 2026-025In execution$25–100m
UTA rail preventive maintenance grant 2026-005In execution$25–100m
UTA fixed guideway equipment grant 2025In execution$25–100m
TRAX traction power substation rehabilitationIn execution$5–25m

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  • Published contacts (2)
  • Award history (4)
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11 sources · 10 primary
  • ● Utah Transit Authority (official) — UTA Solicitation / Procurements · Open solicitations list: S70 HPU overhaul material IFB, janitorial services RFP and a locomotive digital audio/video recording system RFI; responses go through the Bonfire portal; no values published (published 2026-10-07 · checked 2026-10-07)
  • ● Utah Transit Authority (official) — Utah based Stadler to supply new UTA light rail cars as part of TRAX modernization project · UTA release of 23 October 2024: Board of Trustees approved a Stadler contract for up to 80 light rail vehicles; initial order of 20 Citylink cars; options for 60 more; Buy America; built at Stadler's Salt Lake City plant (published 2024-10-23 · checked 2026-10-07)
  • ● Utah Public Notice Website — UTA Board of Trustees regular meeting, 22 October 2025 (agenda) · Meeting notice HTML: agenda item 8a lists Light Rail Vehicles Change Order 1 (Stadler US), notice to proceed on exercising an option to buy 20 vehicles; item 8c lists S-Line Extension Phase 1 Pre-Construction Design Change Order 4 (Kiewit Infrastructure West Co.), systems and pre-curved rail procurement. An agenda, not minutes; the attached minutes PDF could not be read (published 2025-10-22 · checked 2026-10-07)
  • ○ Mass Transit (trade press) — UTA expands Stadler Citylink light-rail vehicle order · Secondary, used because the board minutes could not be read: 31 October 2025 report that UTA ordered 20 additional Citylink vehicles, total on order 40, options remaining for 40 of 80; no value stated for the new order (published 2025-10-31 · checked 2026-10-07)
  • ● Utah Transit Authority (official) — TRAX Forward · Programme page: goal of an exceptional light rail system by 2034; four priority programmes (early and late service, system-wide level boarding with new vehicles, modernised train control and detection, customer experience); medium-term items include overhead catenary rehabilitation, traction power substation rehabilitation, fibre upgrades and a study of communications-based train control; no cost, funding or contractor stated (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
  • ● Utah Transit Authority (official) — Light Rail Vehicle Replacement · Project page: overhaul programme for the Siemens SD100 and SD160 fleets to reach a 25-year life, work done in-house where possible; 2026 work includes ADA ramps, brakes, HVAC, articulation bearings and low-voltage power supplies; 17 SD160 vehicles (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
  • ● Utah Transit Authority (official) — S-Line Extension Project · Project page: extends the S-Line streetcar about a quarter of a mile east from Fairmont Station to Highland Drive near Simpson Avenue with a new station; partners UTA, Salt Lake City, the Salt Lake Community Reinvestment Agency and UDOT; construction expected to continue through 2027; no cost or contractor stated (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-07)
  • ● Utah Transit Authority (official) — 2025 rider data, accomplishments and plans for 2026 · Release of 29 January 2026: TRAX nearly 13 million customers in 2025, FrontRunner over 4 million, S-Line up 0.4 per cent; board approved 20 new Stadler cars; S-Line extension construction from early 2026 to 2027 (published 2026-01-29 · checked 2026-10-07)
  • ● Utah Transit Authority (official) — public comment on proposed January to June 2027 budget · Release of 28 September 2026: six-month budget as UTA moves to the state fiscal year from 1 July 2027; 17 per cent of the capital budget goes to light rail vehicle replacement; S-Line extension expected to open August 2027; Blue Line to get low-floor vehicles; public hearing 26 October 2026 (published 2026-09-28 · checked 2026-10-07)
  • ● USAspending.gov — FTA grant UT-2024-006, Utah Transit Authority · Federal award record: $60,000,000, 20.525 State of Good Repair, period 27 February 2024 to 30 June 2029; purpose replace 20 fully ADA accessible low-floor light rail vehicles (published 2024-02-27 · checked 2026-10-07)
  • ● USAspending.gov — FTA grant UT-2025-002, Utah Transit Authority · Federal award record: $71,740,154, 20.525 State of Good Repair, period 2 December 2024 to 30 March 2028; eight scope activities: rail line and grade crossing replacement, rail switches, traction power substation equipment, train control and signal system rehabilitation, communications fibre, light rail car rehabilitation, preventive maintenance of rail vehicles and facilities (published 2024-12-02 · checked 2026-10-07)

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