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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 LYNX system comprises a 19.3-mile long north-south light rail line known as the Blue Line and a 1.5-mile streetcar line, known as the CityLYNX Gold Line. The Blue Line was extended from the original section, I-485 to Uptown, to the UNC Charlotte campus in 2018.
The plan for passenger rail service in Charlotte is to return to Center City with the proposed Charlotte Gateway Station. To be located again along West Trade Street, it is to be an intermodal transit center linking inter-city Amtrak service with local bus, intercity bus, CityLynx Gold Line and taxi/ridesharing services. When completed, the ...
CATS operates bus and rail transit services in Mecklenburg County and surrounding areas. Established in 1999, CATS' bus and rail operations carry about 320,000 riders on an average week. [4] CATS is governed by the Metropolitan Transit Commission and is operated as a department of the City of Charlotte. [5]
On November 14, 2017, the Greenville City Council voted unanimously to name the new facility after G.K. Butterfield, who played a vital role of securing 90% of the funding through Federal funds. [1] On August 8, 2018, a ribbon-cutting ceremony took place with G.K. Butterfield on-hand to cut the ribbon; the facility officially began the ...
This would make the streetcar function more like a light rail line in that stretch of rail. [46] The remaining 2 miles (3.2 km) of track extending west from French Street near Johnson C. Smith, and running along Beatties Ford Road to the Rosa Parks Place Community Transit Center, will include new bridges over Brookshire Boulevard and I-85. [46]
In April 1997, the railroad acquired the Greenville and Northern Railway, running from Greenville to Travelers Rest for a distance of 11.8 miles (19.0 km). [8] The G&N was slated for abandonment, along with 3.2 miles (5.1 km) of track located at the end of the Carolina Piedmont near the Greenville Downtown Airport. However, on May 28, 1999, the ...
Long-term plans call for restoring a portion of the former Seaboard main line between Raleigh and Richmond, known as the "S-Line," as part of construction of the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor between Charlotte and Washington. The S-Line had been abandoned in 1985, forcing Amtrak to route its trains linking Raleigh and the Northeast through ...