Orem Branch Facts
From: Provo Junction, UT
To: Orem, UT
Miles (SG): 6.2
Built: 1914 (SG)
D&RGW Bought: 1946 (SG)
Abnd: 1971

Orem Branch History

The Orem Branch was originally built as part of the Salt Lake & Utah Railroad electric interurban system in 1914. When the SL&U went bankrupt and was abandoned in 1946, the D&RGW purchased the 6.2 miles between Provo Junction (on the mainline just north of Provo) and Orem, UT?. The arrangement was approved by the ICC on 24 Oct 1946.¹

The branch was abandoned, along with the Provo Canyon Branch, in 1970-71.