Bradley Station is a bus station located in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States. It serves as a bus terminus for Gastonia Transit (GT) and provides intercity bus service via Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS), Greyhound Lines, and Sunway Charters.
Bradley Station | |||||
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 Bradley Station in 2022 | |||||
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| Location | 121 North Oakland Street Gastonia, North Carolina United States | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°15′52″N 81°10′49″W / 35.26457°N 81.18026°W | ||||
| Owned by | City of Gastonia | ||||
| Bus operators |  GT | ||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||
| Parking | 140 spaces | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | Bicycle racks | ||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||
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| Opened | 1994 | ||||
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Location
editThe facility is located at the intersection of Main and Oakland streets in the Downtown Gastonia Historic District; several of the brick commercial buildings, that surround the station, were built around the 1940s and are representative of the architecture of that time.[1] Various businesses and restaurants are within walking distance, as well as the Gastonia Conference Center and Gaston County Courthouse.
History
editBradley Station was opened in 1994; it utilized an existing building that was built in 1980 and converted remnants of North Oakland Street, a result of Norfolk Southern tracks that were sunk below grade in a deep concrete-lined ravine in the early 1990s, into a circular bus turnaround.[1][2] In 2020, the station building was expanded with a 50% increase of additional interior space, that allowed for more office space, a break room, training room, and dispatch window. In January 2021, the Bradley Station Dog Park was opened, located next to the station building.[3]
Services
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The station is owned by the City of Gastonia and operated by Gaston Transit. The station and the 140-space surface parking lot is open 24-hour; however, the station building is open Monday–Saturday during GT business hours. The station building includes tickets/information, restrooms, and waiting area. Outside, a long J-shaped shelter straddles along the circular bus turnaround, providing a shaded outdoor waiting area. The Bradley Station Dog Park is open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
All GT routes begin or end at the station, Monday–Saturday.[4] CATS operates, Monday–Friday, four morning and one evening express route to the Charlotte Transportation Center, in Uptown Charlotte.[5] Sunway Charters operates two daily stops, 12:10 p.m. to Charlotte and 6:40 p.m. to Boone, with an additional two stops on Friday during ASU Fall/Spring semester.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "North Carolina SP Downtown Gastonia Historic District". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
- ^ Barrett, Michael (September 30, 2019). "Upgrades coming to Bradley Station bus terminal". The Gaston Gazette. Gastonia, NC. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
- ^ Orr, Adam (January 25, 2021). "There's a new dog park in downtown Gastonia near Bradley Station". The Gaston Gazette. Gastonia, NC. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
- ^ "Gastonia Transit Information" (PDF). City of Gastonia. July 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
- ^ "85x Gastonia Express" (PDF). City of Charlotte. October 17, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
- ^ "Mountaineer North/South" (PDF). Sunway Charters. December 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
External links
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Media related to Bradley Station at Wikimedia Commons- City of Gastonia in Gastonia, North Carolina – Greyhound
