The Salt Lake City TRAX Light Rail began operation in 1999, and extended its service in 2001, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2013, and 2022. The total length of the centerline of routes is approximately 45 miles with 51 stations. A one-mile radius buffer around each station covers approximately 50 square miles. This system would service most major commuting routes in the Las Vegas metro. The map on the left shows the actual light rail system in the Salt Lake City metro and the map on the right depicts what that metro's light rail system would look like if incorporated across the Las Vegas Valley.

Salt Lake City Light Rail

Salt Lake City Light Rail mapped to the Las Vegas Valley

Map of the Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo metropolitan area’s TRAX Light Rail system. There are 51 green dots within larger blue Circles to represent each light rail station and the one-mile radius surrounding it.
p of Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo metropolitan area’s TRAX Light Rail system superimposed on the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise metropolitan area. There are 51 green dots within larger blue circles to represent each light rail station and the one-mile radius surrounding it.
Legend for maps: green dot is light rail stations, pink is light rail line, and blue box is station buffers (1 mile radius)

These data visualizations are created from publicly available information derived from Utah’s State Geographic Information Database.

Data Source: Utah’s State Geographic Information Database. Year: 2022. Retrieved in October 2022. Visualization by Dr. Jaewon Lim and Joshua Padilla. © The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West, UNLV.