Cars were still parked on Main Street at 7:30 p.m.

Justin and Eve Miller, of Salt Lake City, took advantage of the free ride to go to Ogden to visit family and expect to take the 10 p.m. train home.

"It beats gas," Justin Miller said.

But the fare-free day and overcrowded trains had disillusioned some commuters, like Doug Tolton and Wayne Hale, who work downtown.

They're toying with the idea of driving to work until the fares kick in and fewer people are riding.

Both Tolton and Hale had to watch a train depart the Salt Lake Central Station before they could get a ride.

Other commuters said they hope UTA will make Sunday service available.

The current schedule only has trains on weekdays and Saturdays.

Train service is also planned for Pleasant View but has been delayed because rail crews in Utah were called away to Oregon to dig out tracks buried by a landslide.

Until that service begins, Pleasant View commuters are being offered a free shuttle to the Ogden station.

Eventually, service will be extended from Salt Lake City to Utah County as far south as Payson.

More information is available at www.rideuta.com.

Utah County arrival 2012

UTA expects to break ground for the FrontRunner commuter-rail line from Salt Lake City to Provo this summer. The deadline for completion is 2015 but it should be done by 2012, said Carrie Bohnsack-Ware, spokeswoman for UTA. FrontRunner stops will be in Lehi, American Fork, Vineyard, University Parkway in Orem and University Avenue in Provo.

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Contributing: Jared Page

E-mail: jdougherty@desnews.com