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CATS rail service first began on June 28, 2004 with the Charlotte Trolley, operating three Birney-style replica streetcars between Atherton Mill and 9th Street. In 2006, the trolley service was suspended to allow the line's conversion to light-rail.
The Lynx Blue Line is a light rail line in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.Opened in 2007, it was the first rail line of the Charlotte Area Transit System, [2] and the first major rapid rail service of any kind in the state.
The LYNX rail system in Charlotte, North Carolina, US comprises 43 stations on two lines, the Blue Line and the Gold Line. The Blue Line is a light rail line connecting Uptown Charlotte to Pineville and the University of North Carolina Charlotte campus. [1] The Gold Line is a streetcar line within Uptown Charlotte.
The prospect of developing a light rail line between Matthews and Uptown along Independence Boulevard was initially evaluated in 1985. [6] By 1997, the Charlotte City Council voted, at the recommendation of an independent transit panel, for the development of a busway in the median of Independence in lieu of light rail. [7]
The following is a list of all light rail systems in the United States. Also included are some of the urban streetcar/trolley systems that provide regular public transit service (operating year-round and at least five days per week), ones with data available from the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) Ridership Reports.
A component of the Charlotte Area Transit System's Lynx rail system, it follows a primarily east-west path along Beatties Ford Road, Trade Street and Central Avenue through central Charlotte. [8] The initial 1.5-mile (2.4 km), six-stop segment (Phase 1) [ 3 ] between Time Warner Cable Arena (now Spectrum Center ) and Presbyterian Hospital ...
I-485/South Boulevard is a light rail station in Charlotte, North Carolina.The elevated island platform is the southern terminus stop along the Lynx Blue Line and includes the second largest park and ride operated by Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS).
The Lynx Red Line is a proposed commuter rail service, connecting the towns in northern Mecklenburg and southern Iredell counties to Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.In 2019, after a reevaluation of the entire corridor, the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) decided to move forward with BRT and shelve the commuter rail, the decision of which was met with frustration by various city leaders ...