Bland Street station
Bland Street | |||||||||||
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| LYNX light rail station | |||||||||||
.jpg) Looking North from the Bland Street Station | |||||||||||
| Location |
1511 Camden Road Charlotte, NC 28203 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°12′57″N 80°51′19″W / 35.21583°N 80.85528°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Charlotte Area Transit Systems | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks available | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | August 30, 1996 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | November 24, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Bland Street is a light rail station for both the LYNX Blue Line in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. 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]
Although this is known as the Bland Street station, it is actually located about one block to the south of Bland at Rensselaer Avenue between Camden Road and South Boulevard. It has side platforms, which sit on either side of the tracks.
Notable places nearby
- South End entertainment district
- Dilworth historic district
- Charlotte Trolley Museum[2]
- Price's Chicken Coop
Public art
As part of the CATS Art in Transit program, Bland Street 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, rose motifs on both the pavers and shelters by Leticia Huerta, river stone benches by Hoss Haley and track fencing featuring pin oak leaves by Shaun Cassidy.[3]
References
- 1 2 Harrison, Steve; Kristen Valle (November 25, 2007). "Light rail, heavy traffic - Thousands wait in lines for a free ride on 1st day". The Charlotte Observer. p. 1A.
- ↑ http://www.charlottetrolley.org/
- ↑ "Bland Street Station: Art in Transit". Charlotte Area Transit System. Archived from the original on 2008-03-23. Retrieved 2008-06-21.