Sharon Road West station

Sharon Road West

LYNX light rail station

Location

8815 Crump Road
Charlotte, NC 28134

Coordinates

35°7′10″N 80°52′55.5″W / 35.11944°N 80.882083°W

Owned by

Charlotte Area Transit System

Line(s)

Lynx Blue Line

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Connections

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

Construction

Structure type

At-grade

Parking

188 spaces

Bicycle facilities

Racks and Lockers available

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

24 November 2007

Services

Preceding station		Lynx Rapid Transit Services		Following station
I-485/South Boulevard Terminus		Lynx Blue Line		Arrowood toward 7th Street

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.

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.

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.

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