FrontRunner 2X plan would add double-tracking and a maintenance yard, county staff told
UTA and UDOT officials told the Davis County Commission the FrontRunner 2X project will add double-track segments, new train sets and a maintenance facility to shorten wait times and boost reliability; local impacts include temporary road closures and a maintenance yard overlapping the County line.
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Braden Andersen, deputy director for the FrontRunner 2X project, told the Davis County Commission during a July 28 work session that the Utah Transit Authority and Utah Department of Transportation plan to add strategic double tracking and equipment to shorten train headways and improve reliability. He said the changes aim to reduce peak wait times from 30 minutes to 15 minutes and off‑peak waits from 60 minutes to 30 minutes, noting current ridership is about 90% of capacity.
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