Structure type At-grade Opened 28 June 2004 Platforms in use 2 | Tracks 2 Bicycle facilities Racks available Rebuilt 24 November 2007 | |
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Location 260 East Seventh StreetCharlotte, NC 28202 Owner Charlotte Area Transit System Similar Charlotte Transportation Center, 3rd Street, East/West Boulevard station, Archdale, Carson | ||
7th Street station is a light rail station for the LYNX Blue Line in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It is the northern terminus of the Blue Line. The station officially opened for service on Saturday, November 24, 2007, and as part of its opening celebration fares were not collected. Regular service with fare collection commenced on Monday, November 26, 2007.
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In February 2002, CATS announced that the northern terminus of the Blue Line was going to be relocated from 9th Street to its present location along 7th Street The station is located between East 6th Street and East 7th Street just west of North Brevard Street. It has side platforms, which sit on either side of the tracks. This will also mark where the eventual Northeast Line en route to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte will connect with the Blue Line.
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Public art
As part of the CATS Art in Transit program, 7th Street features several pieces intended to provide a better overall aesthetic for the station. The works include bas-reliefs entitled Gingko by Alice Adams, drinking fountain basins designed to look like dogwoods, the North Carolina state flower, by Nancy Blum, river stone benches by Hoss Haley and finishes on the track fencing, shelter windscreens and column cladding featuring a leaf motif of species of tree found in the station by Shaun Cassidy.