UTA Mid-Jordan/Draper Light Rail Transit Project Awarded to RSS

Rail Systems Solutions (RSS), Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been selected to participate as an integral part of the design/build team that was selected to design, furnish, and install two system extensions in Salt Lake City, Utah.  The project is known as the Mid-Jordan/Draper Light Rail Transit Project.  RSS will perform this work as Rocky Mountain Signal Services (RMSS), a Rail Systems Solutions and MJG, Inc. joint venture.  RMSS will design, furnish, install, and place into service the Train Control System and Highway Crossing Warning Systems for the extensions.

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UTA articulated light rail vehicle

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6400 South/fashion place west station

The Mid-Jordan extension is a 10.6-mile, double-track, light rail transit line with 10 new stations, 10 new interlockings and 15 highway crossings between the existing TRAX system and the terminal of the new line in the new Daybreak development.  The project consists of 1.2 miles of at-grade street running track and 9.5 miles of at-grade ballasted track.  The project is being integrated with the existing double-track, light rail transit line at Lovendahl/Sugar interlockings.

The Draper extension consists of a four-mile extension with a single ballasted interlocking at the end of the line.  There are eleven crossings and three new stations on this extension.  The Draper extension will tie into the existing 10000 South TRAX station and ends near City Hall in Draper

The maximum operating speed on the line is designed for 65 mph normal running for the light rail vehicles and 35 mph for freight and maintenance-of-way operations.  Reverse running is designed for a maximum speed of 35 mph for all vehicles.

The Mid-Jordon/Draper Project, currently in the planning and scheduling stage, will be constructed while maintaining freight service on the existing right-of-way and is scheduled for completion in 2011

 

 

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6400 south/winchester crossing

 

 

About Us:

Rail Systems Solutions (RSS) was incorporated in the State of Colorado in 2001.  Headquartered in Denver Colorado, RSS was initiated to serve the rail industry throughout North America and the world. Our primary focus is the train control disciplines, but our capabilities extend to the communications, power distribution and rail operations disciplines as well.

Our teams of seasoned experts are capable of providing a wide range of services to customers in the rail transportation industry.  We possess extensive experience in program management and controls, systems integration, signal design (conceptual through final), construction, commissioning, training and maintenance of complex systems in the transit and freight industry.  Our management team possesses an enviable record of delivering wide ranging projects consistently on time and on budget.