Arrowood station
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Arrowood
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| LYNX light rail station | |||||||||||
| Location | 7717 England Street Charlotte, NC 28273 |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Charlotte Area Transit System | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | CATS Route #24, Nations Ford Road CATS Route #56, Arrowood |
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 289 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks and Lockers available | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 24 November 2007 | ||||||||||
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Arrowood 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.[1] Regular service with fare collection commenced on Monday, November 26, 2007.[1]
The station is located along South Boulevard just off Arrowood Road. It has an island platform, which sits between the two tracks. Additionally, this station includes 289 commuter parking spaces.[2] The Arrowood viaduct was installed in the period between July 13 through July 23, 2006.[3]
Public art
As part of the CATS Art in Transit program, Arrowood features several pieces intended to provide a better overall aesthetic for the station. The works include bas-reliefs entitled Skyrocket Oak and landscaping entitled Evergreen Encyclopedia by Alice Adams, drinking fountain basins designed to look like dogwoods, the North Carolina state flower, by Nancy Blum, Catawba Pottery motifs on both the pavers and shelters by Leticia Huerta and the painting of the bridge and retaining walls by Marek Ranis.[4]
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