| Carson LYNX light rail station |
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| Address | 218 East Carson Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28203 |
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| Connections | CATS Route #12, South Boulevard | |||||||||||||||
| Structure | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks available | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 24 November 2007 | |||||||||||||||
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| Owned by | Charlotte Area Transit Systems | |||||||||||||||
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The Carson station is a rail station for both the LYNX Blue Line and the historic Charlotte Trolley just south of Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.. The station officially opened for service on Saturday, November 24, 2007, and as part of its opening celebration fares were not collected.[1] Regular service with fare collection commenced on Monday, November 26, 2007.[1]
The station is located on Carson Boulevard one block to the west of South Boulevard. It has side platforms, which sit on either side of the tracks.
As part of the CATS Art in Transit program, Carson features several pieces intended to provide a better overall aesthetic for the station. The works include bas-reliefs entitled Hornbeam by Alice Adams, drinking fountain basins designed to look like dogwoods, the North Carolina state flower, by Nancy Blum, gold nugget motifs on both the pavers and shelters by Leticia Huerta to pay homage to the North Carolina gold rush of the mid-19th century and track fencing featuring magnolia leaves by Shaun Cassidy.[2]
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