World Country Guide

Travel - International

Air
International airports: The Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) (website: www.ci.slc.ut.us/airport) is located 6km (4 miles) west of the city centre and four minutes west of Temple Square. The Utah Transit Authority (website: www.utabus.com) operates a daily service (route 50) between the city centre and South and West Temple via the airport; other bus services are also available: Route 53 runs between the city centre and Tooele/Grantsville via the airport, while route 56 runs from the airport to West Valley. Redtail Aviation offers flights into Moab from the surrounding areas. Taxis, limousines and vans are readily available. There are Ground Transportation Information desks in both terminals, where hotel courtesy cars can be arranged.

Rail
Salt Lake City is on Amtrak’s daily California Zephyr line (tel: (800) 872 7245 (toll-free); website: www.amtrak.com), which links Chicago with Emeryville (California). The station is located at 340 South 600 Street West; car hire from Hertz is available. Other Utah destinations on this service are Green River, Helper and Provo.

Road
Approximate bus travel times: From Salt Lake City to Las Vegas is eight hours 30 minutes, and to Los Angeles is 15 hours 30 minutes. From Cedar City (near Zion National Park) to Las Vegas is three hours, to Provo is four hours, to Salt Lake City is five hours, and to Los Angeles is 10 hours. Greyhound (tel: (800) 229 9424 (toll-free); website: www.greyhound.com) is the main carrier.

Urban
In Salt Lake City, the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) (website: www.utabus.com) offers frequent bus services to the University of Utah campus, to Ogden, the suburbs, the airport and east to the mountain canyons and Provo. Journeys within downtown areas are free. Maps are available at libraries and the Visitors’ Bureau. UTA also runs the TRAX tram system. Taxi companies include City Cab, Ute Cab and Yellow Cab.