Bicycle facilities Racks available Connection South Boulevard Tracks 2 | Structure type At-grade Opened 24 November 2007 Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location 218 East Carson BoulevardCharlotte, NC 28203 Connections CATS Route #12, South Boulevard Address Charlotte, NC 28203, United States Owner Charlotte Area Transit System Similar 3rd Street, East/West Boulevard station, Stonewall, Bland Street, 7th Street | ||
Carson is a light rail station for the LYNX Blue Line just south of 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. Regular service with fare collection commenced on Monday, November 26, 2007.
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The station is located on Carson Boulevard one block to the west of South Boulevard. It has side platforms, which sit on either side of the tracks.
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Public art
As part of the CATS Art in Transit program, Carson 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, gold nugget motifs on both the pavers and shelters by Leticia Huerta to pay homage to the North Carolina gold rush of the mid-19th century and track fencing featuring magnolia leaves by Shaun Cassidy.