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Sharon Road West station

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Line(s)
  
Lynx Blue Line

Structure type
  
At-grade

Platforms in use
  
1

Tracks
  
2

Opened
  
24 November 2007

Location
  
8815 Crump Road Charlotte, NC 28134

Owned by
  
Charlotte Area Transit System

Connections
  
CATS Route #19, Park Road CATS Route #43, Ballantyne CATS Route #55, Westinghouse

Address
  
Charlotte, NC 28134, United States

Owner
  
Charlotte Area Transit System

Similar
  
Archdale, Tyvola, 3rd Street, New Bern, East/West Boulevar

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Sharon Road West is a light rail station on the LYNX Blue Line in 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.

Contents

The station is located along South Boulevard just off Sharon Lakes Road. It has an island platform, which sits between the two tracks. The station is accessed by pedestrians off South Boulevard via a pedestrian bridge constructed over the rail right-of-way.

Public art

As part of the CATS Art in Transit program, Sharon Road West features several pieces intended to provide a better overall aesthetic for the station. The most notable piece located at the Sharon Road West Station are its two, 18 feet (5.5 m) tall, stainless-steel sculptures at the intersection of South Boulevard and Sharon Road West created by Cliff Garten. Additional works include bas-reliefs entitled Skyrocket Oak by Alice Adams, drinking fountain basins designed to look like dogwoods, the North Carolina state flower, by Nancy Blum, bark motifs on both the pavers and shelters by Leticia Huerta and the painting of the bridge and retaining walls by Marek Ranis.

References

Sharon Road West station Wikipedia