Wesley Heights station

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Wesley Heights
CityLynx streetcar station
Wesley Heights 01.jpg
Streetcar stop with view of Uptown Charlotte
General information
Location1509 West Trade Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
United States
Coordinates 35°14′14″N80°51′32″W / 35.23732°N 80.85879°W / 35.23732; -80.85879
Owned by Charlotte Area Transit System
Line(s)
  CityLynx Gold Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Bicycle facilities Bicycle racks
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedAugust 30, 2021 (2021-08-30) [1]
Services
Preceding station CATS Following station
Bruns
towards French Street
CityLynx Gold Line Irwin
towards Sunnyside Avenue
Location
Wesley Heights station

Wesley Heights is a streetcar station in Charlotte, North Carolina. The at-grade island platform on West Trade Street is a stop along the CityLynx Gold Line, serving the Wesley Heights Historic District.

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Location

Wesley Heights station is located at the intersection of Frazier Avenue, Wesley Heights Way, and West Trade Street, just west of Bill Lee Freeway (I-77/US 21). The Wesley Heights neighborhood, part of West End, was developed in 1911 as a streetcar suburb and features notable examples of Bungalow / American Craftsman, Colonial Revival, and Tudor Revival style architecture. [2]

History

Wesley Heights station was approved as a Gold Line Phase 2 stop in 2013. In tandem with the project, nearby Frazier Avenue was realigned to make an intersection with Wesley Heights Way, at a cost of $1.62 million (2021 US dollars). [3] [4] Construction began in Fall 2016 and was slated to open in early-2020, but various delays pushed out the opening till mid-2021. [5] [6] The station opened to the public on August 30, 2021. [1] [7]

Station layout

The station consists of an island platform with two passenger shelters; a crosswalk and ramp provide platform access from West Trade Street. The station's passenger shelters house two art installations by George Bates. The windscreens are titled: The Worth of That, is That Which It Contains and That is This, and This With Thee Remains. The title comes from a 1954 JCSU yearbook excerpt referencing Shakespeare's sonnet 74. The micro and macro figures and images share the specific and general history of the area. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "CityLYNX Gold Line". Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  2. ↑ Gatza, Mary Beth (August 1995). "Wesley Heights Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Phase 2". Charlotte Area Transit System. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Frazier Avenue realignment". City of Charlotte . Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  5. ↑ "CityLYNX Gold Line Street Car Project, Charlotte". Railway Technology. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  6. ↑ "CityLYNX Gold Line Phase 2: Update for June 19, 2020". City of Charlotte. June 19, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  7. ↑ WBTV Web Staff (August 30, 2021). "CityLYNX Gold Line streetcar officially up and running". WBTV . Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  8. ↑ "George Bates". City of Charlotte. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
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