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LYNX Red Line

LYNX Red Line
Overview
Type Commuter rail
System LYNX Rapid Transit Services
Locale Charlotte,NC , Huntersville,NC , Cornelius,NC ,Davidson,NC and Mooresville , Mecklenburg county Iredell county
Termini Uptown/Gateway Station (south)
Mount Mourne (north)
Stations 10
Services Red Line
Daily ridership 3 to 5 thousand average weekday ridership (preposed).
Operation
Planned opening unknown
Owner Charlotte Area Transit System
Operator(s) Charlotte Area Transit System
Technical
Line length 25 mi (40 km)
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed Maximum speed 60 mph
Route map
Mount Mourne
Davidson
Cornelius
Sam Furr
Huntersville
Hambright
Eastfield
Harris Boulevard/NC 115
Derita
Uptown/Gateway Station LYNX Silver LineAmtrak

The Red Line is a planned commuter rail extension for the LYNX network in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Red Line, or North Corridor, would serve as a commuter rail line between Mount Mourne in southern Iredell County and the proposed Gateway Station in Uptown Charlotte. It would primarily serve the towns of Huntersville, Cornelius and Davidson in northern Mecklenburg County.

It is proposed to follow a northerly path along the existing Norfolk Southern O Line right-of-way, roughly paralleling North Graham Street and North Carolina Highway 115, as it extends through north Mecklenburg County. It is estimated to be 25 miles (40 km) in length. Originally, it was thought to cost $261 million to complete the first phase by 2012 and an additional $112 million to complete phase two by 2019; the line would contain 1,200 parking spaces and 10 stations along the corridor. However, several issues have arisen that have increased the project's price tag, and it currently has no scheduled construction or operations start date.

By 2011, the Lynx Red Line was planned to be built in one phase. Due to less revenue in the transit tax, in January the Metropolitan Transit Commission voted that the Lynx Red Line along with the Blue Line extension were the top two priorities, leaving the streetcar to be funded by the city and postponing further work on the LYNX Silver Line and the Airport corridor until after the Red Line and Blue line projects were completed. The Red Line was projected to be in operation by mid to late 2018.


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