Wesley Heights 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 Wesley Heights Historic District.
Wesley Heights | |||||||||||
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| CityLynx streetcar station | |||||||||||
 Streetcar stop with view of Uptown Charlotte | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1509 West Trade Street Charlotte, North Carolina United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°14′14″N 80°51′32″W / 35.23732°N 80.85879°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
editWesley Heights station is located at the intersection of Frazier Avenue, Wesley Heights Way, and West Trade Street, just west of Bill Lee Freeway (I-77/US 21). The Wesley Heights neighborhood, part of West End, was developed in 1911 as a streetcar suburb and features notable examples of Bungalow / American Craftsman, Colonial Revival, and Tudor Revival style architecture.[2]
History
editWesley Heights station was approved as a Gold Line Phase 2 stop in 2013. In tandem with the project, nearby Frazier Avenue was realigned to make an intersection with Wesley Heights Way, at a cost of $1.62 million (2021 US dollars).[3][4] Construction began in Fall 2016 and was slated to open in early-2020, but various delays pushed out the opening till mid-2021.[5][6] The station opened to the public on August 30, 2021.[1][7]
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.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "CityLYNX Gold Line". Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ Gatza, Mary Beth (August 1995). "Wesley Heights Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
- ^ "Phase 2". Charlotte Area Transit System. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ^ "Frazier Avenue realignment". City of Charlotte. Retrieved September 19, 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 Wesley Heights station at Wikimedia Commons- Historic West End
