Wesley Heights station

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
CityLynx streetcar station
Streetcar stop with view of Uptown Charlotte
General information
Location	1509 West Trade Street Charlotte, North Carolina United States
Coordinates	35.23732°N 80.85879°W / 35.23732; -80.85879
Owned by	Charlotte Area Transit System
Line(s)	CityLynx Gold Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Bicycle facilities	Bicycle racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	August 30, 2021 (2021-08-30)[1]
Services
Preceding station CATS Following station Bruns towards French Street CityLynx Gold Line Irwin towards Sunnyside Avenue
Location

Location

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]

Station layout

The station consists of an island platform with two passenger shelters; a crosswalk and ramp provide platform access from West Trade Street. The station's passenger shelters house two art installations by George Bates. The windscreens are titled: The Worth of That, is That Which It Contains and That is This, and This With Thee Remains. The title comes from a 1954 JCSU yearbook excerpt referencing Shakespeare's sonnet 74. The micro and macro figures and images share the specific and general history of the area.^[8]

References

1. "CityLYNX Gold Line". Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). Retrieved August 30, 2021.
2. Gatza, Mary Beth (August 1995). "Wesley Heights Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
3. "Phase 2". Charlotte Area Transit System. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
4. "Frazier Avenue realignment". City of Charlotte. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
5. "CityLYNX Gold Line Street Car Project, Charlotte". Railway Technology. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
6. "CityLYNX Gold Line Phase 2: Update for June 19, 2020". City of Charlotte. June 19, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
7. WBTV Web Staff (August 30, 2021). "CityLYNX Gold Line streetcar officially up and running". WBTV. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
8. "George Bates". City of Charlotte. Retrieved September 19, 2021.

External links

• Media related to Wesley Heights station at Wikimedia Commons
• Historic West End