Wesley Heights station
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Charlotte, North Carolina
United States
Wesley Heights | |||||||||||
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 Streetcar stop with view of Uptown Charlotte | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1509 West Trade Street Charlotte, North Carolina United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°14′14″N 80°51′32″W / 35.23732°N 80.85879°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Charlotte Area Transit System | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Bicycle racks | ||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | August 30, 2021[1] | ||||||||||
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Wesley Heights is a streetcar station in Charlotte, North Carolina. The at-grade island platform on West Trade Street is a stop along the CityLynx Gold Line, serving the Wesley Heights Historic District.
Wesley Heights station is located at the intersection of Frazier Avenue, Wesley Heights Way, and West Trade Street, just west of Bill Lee Freeway (I-77/US 21). The Wesley Heights neighborhood, part of West End, was developed in 1911 as a streetcar suburb and features notable examples of Bungalow / American Craftsman, Colonial Revival, and Tudor Revival style architecture.[2]
History
Wesley Heights station was approved as a Gold Line Phase 2 stop in 2013. In tandem with the project, nearby Frazier Avenue was realigned to make an intersection with Wesley Heights Way, at a cost of $1.62 million (2021 US dollars).[3][4] Construction began in Fall 2016 and was slated to open in early-2020, but various delays pushed out the opening till mid-2021.[5][6] The station opened to the public on August 30, 2021.[1][7]
