Irwin Avenue station
Irwin Avenue | |||||||||||
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| CityLynx streetcar station | |||||||||||
 Streetcar stop along West Trade Street | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 1009 West Trade Street Charlotte, North Carolina United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°14′06″N 80°51′10″W / 35.23500°N 80.85277°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Charlotte Area Transit System | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Bicycle racks | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | August 30, 2021[1] | ||||||||||
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Irwin Avenue 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 Johnson & Wales University and Gateway Village.
Location
[edit]Irwin Avenue station is located at the intersection of West Trade Street, Irwin Avenue, and Johnson & Wales Way, in Uptown Charlotte. The immediate area features multi-level apartments, Johnson & Wales Charlotte campus, and Gateway Village office park. Also nearby, one to two blocks away, is Fraizer Park, Irwin Creek Greenway, and James Dennis Rash Park.
History
[edit]Irwin Avenue station was approved as a Gold Line Phase 2 stop in 2013, with construction beginning in Fall 2016. Though it was slated to open in early-2020, various delays pushed out the opening till mid-2021.[2][3] The station opened to the public on August 30, 2021.[1][4]
Station layout
[edit]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 Jim Hirschfield and Sonya Ishii.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "CityLYNX Gold Line". Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ^ "CityLYNX Gold Line Street Car Project, Charlotte". Railway Technology. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ^ "CityLYNX Gold Line Phase 2: Update for June 19, 2020". City of Charlotte. June 19, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ Gilstrap, Samantha (August 26, 2021). "CATS New CityLYNX Gold Line Streetcar Begins Taking Passengers". Charlotte, NC: WCCB. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ^ "Jim Hirschfield & Sonya Ishii". City of Charlotte. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
External links
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Media related to Irwin Avenue station at Wikimedia Commons
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