Layton Station is a

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station in

Layton, Utah Layton ( /ˈleɪʔɪn/) is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden-Clearfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 81,773, with 2022 Census Bureau estimates showing an ...

. It is operated by the

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(UTA).

Description

The station is located at 150 South Main Street ( SR-126) on approximately 12.5 acres of land and is easily accessed from

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by way of the new Layton Parkway interchange. The station is near the south end of Layton's historic downtown area, which had suffered from a hard-to-access location in a highly acute wedge bounded by I-15 on the northeast and the railroad tracks on the southwest. Besides the station's opening on the site of the previous

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Layton Depot, access in the area has also recently been improved (both from I-15 and from surrounding parts of Layton) by the completion of the new Layton Parkway interchange on I-15, which is just south of the station. The station has two free

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lots with about 380 total parking spaces available for day-use parking. However, a majority of these parking spaces are in the lot that is located just off South Main Street about one block north of the station. This lot can be accessed by either South Main Street or by a path that parallels the tracks and connects the north end of the platform with the parking lot. The station is located within the Quiet Zone, so trains do not routinely sound their horns when approaching public crossings within this corridor. The inaugural ''FrontRunner'' train departed the station southbound at 9:45 am April 26, 2008.

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Layton Station Quick Facts
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