New TRAX station opens in South Jordan
May 01, 2025 02:12PM ● By Tom Haraldsen
It was the first of what promises to be a lot of ribbon cuttings in South Jordan over the next few months. Mayor Dawn Ramsey joined with other local dignitaries at the opening of a new TRAX station on the system’s Red Line that opened on March 27.
The South Jordan Downtown Station is located at about 11000 So. Grandville Ave. right next to the entrance to the Ballpark at America First Square, new home of the Salt Lake Bees. They played their first game in the stadium on April 8. More importantly, the TRAX stop comes at a time of rapid development in that corner of southwest Salt Lake County, with the initial development of Downtown Daybreak getting underway.
Ramsey told the crowd at the ceremony that the station has been planned for by the Utah Transit Authority in the future—as much as a decade away. But as Daybreak has grown and development has accelerated in the area, UTA moved the construction and opening of the station forward.
“This is more than a transit stop,” Ramsey said in her remarks. “This is a symbol of progress, economic growth and our commitment to creating a connected and thriving community.”
She said her family has lived in South Jordan for more than 21 years, watching the community grow and prosper. She said the new TRAX station allows residents to travel to the community for games and future shopping and entertainment without having to use their vehicles, and praised the collaboration of businesses who helped make the station a reality, particularly UTA and the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies.
Carlton Christensen, who chairs the UTA board of directors, used the metaphor that the new station “is just a baseball throw away” from the Bees’ stadium, which it literally is. He saluted the growth of TRAX in particular, remarking how the transit system has grown since its inception in 1999. Christensen said his agency’s ridership numbers have grown to more than 40 million passengers in 2024.
Among those speakers at the ceremony was Steve Starks, CEO of the LHM Group and also a resident of Daybreak. He said that when he first saw the ballpark lights being tested earlier this spring, he was reminded of the line from “Field of Dreams” that said, “If you build it, they will come.”
Now, as further development of the area continues, those who do come will have a TRAX train to ride to their destination.
