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Travel - International

AIR: International airports: The Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) (website: www.ci.slc.ut.us/airport) is located 11km (7 miles) west of the city centre and four minutes west of Temple Square. An Airport Bus operates to the city centre every 60 minutes. Bus no. 50 runs between the city centre and the terminal. Redtail Aviation offers flights into Moab from the surrounding areas.

RAIL: Salt Lake City is on Amtrak’s ‘California Zephyr’ line (tel: (800) 872 7245 (toll free); website: www.amtrak.com), which links Chicago (36 hours) with San Francisco (17 hours 30 minutes).

ROAD: Approximate bus travel times: From Salt Lake City to Las Vegas is 8 hours 30 minutes, and to Los Angeles is 15 hours 30 minutes. From Cedar City (near Zion National Park) to Las Vegas is 3 hours, to Provo is 4 hours, to Salt Lake City is 5 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 services to the University of Utah campus, to Ogden, the suburbs, the airport and east to the mountain canyons and Provo. Maps are available at libraries and the Visitors’ Bureau. Taxi companies include Ute Cab, City Cab and Yellow Cab.


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