Bradley Station

Bradley Station
Bradley Station
	Bradley Station in 2022
General information
Location	121 North Oakland Street; Gastonia, North Carolina ; United States
Coordinates	35°15′52″N81°10′49″W / 35.26457°N 81.18026°W Coordinates: 35°15′52″N81°10′49″W / 35.26457°N 81.18026°W
Owned by	City of Gastonia
Bus operators	GT
Connections	CATS ; Sunway Charters; Greyhound Lines ;
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	140 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Bicycle racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1994
Location

Last updated March 21, 2023

Bradley Station is a bus station located in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States. It serves as a bus terminus for Gastonia Transit (GT) and provides intercity bus service via Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS), Greyhound Lines, and Sunway Charters.

Location

The facility is located at the intersection of Main and Oakland streets in the Downtown Gastonia Historic District; several of the brick commercial buildings, that surround the station, were built around the 1940s and are representative of the architecture of that time.^[1] Various businesses and restaurants are within walking distance, as well as the Gastonia Conference Center and Gaston County Courthouse.

History

Bradley Station was opened in 1994; it utilized an existing building that was built in 1980 and converted remnants of North Oakland Street, a result of Norfolk Southern tracks that were sunk below grade in a deep concrete-lined ravine in the early 1990s, into a circular bus turnaround.^[1]^[2] In 2020, the station building was expanded with a 50% increase of additional interior space, that allowed for more office space, a break room, training room, and dispatch window. In January 2021, the Bradley Station Dog Park was opened, located next to the station building.^[3]

Services

The station is owned by the City of Gastonia and operated by Gaston Transit. The station and the 140-space surface parking lot is open 24-hour; however, the station building is open Monday–Saturday during GT business hours. The station building includes tickets/information, restrooms, and waiting area. Outside, a long J-shaped shelter straddles along the circular bus turnaround, providing a shaded outdoor waiting area. The Bradley Station Dog Park is open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

All GT routes begin or end at the station, Monday–Saturday.^[4] CATS operates, Monday–Friday, four morning and one evening express route to the Charlotte Transportation Center, in Uptown Charlotte.^[5] Sunway Charters operates two daily stops, 12:10 p.m. to Charlotte and 6:40 p.m. to Boone, with an additional two stops on Friday during ASU Fall/Spring semester.^[6]

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References

1 2 "North Carolina SP Downtown Gastonia Historic District". National Archives and Records Administration . Retrieved May 9, 2022.
↑ Barrett, Michael (September 30, 2019). "Upgrades coming to Bradley Station bus terminal". The Gaston Gazette . Gastonia, NC. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
↑ Orr, Adam (January 25, 2021). "There's a new dog park in downtown Gastonia near Bradley Station". The Gaston Gazette. Gastonia, NC. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
↑ "Gastonia Transit Information" (PDF). City of Gastonia. July 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
↑ "85x Gastonia Express" (PDF). City of Charlotte. October 17, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
↑ "Mountaineer North/South" (PDF). Sunway Charters. December 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2022.

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[archive-1] 1 2 "North Carolina SP Downtown Gastonia Historic District". National Archives and Records Administration . Retrieved May 9, 2022.

[2] Barrett, Michael (September 30, 2019). "Upgrades coming to Bradley Station bus terminal". The Gaston Gazette . Gastonia, NC. Retrieved May 9, 2022.

[3] Orr, Adam (January 25, 2021). "There's a new dog park in downtown Gastonia near Bradley Station". The Gaston Gazette. Gastonia, NC. Retrieved May 9, 2022.

[4] "Gastonia Transit Information" (PDF). City of Gastonia. July 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2022.

[5] "85x Gastonia Express" (PDF). City of Charlotte. October 17, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2022.

[6] "Mountaineer North/South" (PDF). Sunway Charters. December 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2022.

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