Bruns Avenue is a streetcar station in Charlotte, North Carolina. The at-grade island platform on West Trade Street is a stop along the CityLynx Gold Line, serving the Seversville and Western Heights neighborhoods.
Bruns Avenue | |||||||||||
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| CityLynx streetcar station | |||||||||||
 Streetcar stop in the shadow of the Mosaic Village | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1699 West Trade Street Charlotte, North Carolina United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°14′24″N 80°51′30″W / 35.24000°N 80.85846°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Charlotte Area Transit System | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Bicycle racks | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | August 30, 2021[1] | ||||||||||
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Location
editBruns Avenue station is located on West Trade Street, between South Bruns Avenue and North Bruns Avenue, and is flanked by the Mosaic Village and Jerusalem House of God. The Seversville and Western Heights neighborhoods, part of West End, were established in the late 1800s; with Seversville developing as a ring village that was economically focused with nearby Savona Mill, and Western Heights developed by W. L. Alexander as a purpose built residential suburb. Off West Trade Street, the area is a mix of single-family homes and multifamily residential buildings.[2][3]
History
editBruns Avenue station was approved as a Gold Line Phase 2 stop in 2013, with construction beginning in Fall 2016. Though it was slated to open in early-2020, various delays pushed out the opening till mid-2021.[4][5] The station opened to the public on August 30, 2021.[1][6]
Station layout
editThe station consists of an island platform with two passenger shelters; a crosswalk and ramp provide platform access from West Trade Street. The station's passenger shelters house two art installations by George Bates. The windscreens are titled: The Worth of That, is That Which It Contains and That is This, and This With Thee Remains. The title comes from a 1954 JCSU yearbook excerpt referencing Shakespeare's sonnet 74. The micro and macro figures and images share the specific and general history of the area.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "CityLYNX Gold Line". Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ Infanzon, Vanessa (October 15, 2019). "Seversville is a hidden treasure in West Charlotte". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ^ "JCSU - Neighborhood History". History South. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- ^ "CityLYNX Gold Line Street Car Project, Charlotte". Railway Technology. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ^ "CityLYNX Gold Line Phase 2: Update for June 19, 2020". City of Charlotte. June 19, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ WBTV Web Staff (August 30, 2021). "CityLYNX Gold Line streetcar officially up and running". WBTV. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "George Bates". City of Charlotte. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
External links
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Media related to Bruns Avenue station at Wikimedia Commons- Historic West End
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