French Street is a
streetcar station
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in
Charlotte,
North Carolina. The at-grade
island platform on Beatties Ford Road is the western terminus of the
CityLynx Gold Line
The CityLynx Gold Line is a streetcar line in Charlotte, North Carolina. A component of the Charlotte Area Transit System's Lynx rail system, it follows a primarily east-west path along Beatties Ford Road, Trade Street and Central Avenue through c ...
and serves the
Biddleville neighborhood.
Location
French Street station is located on Beatties Ford Road, between French Street and Mill Road. The Biddleville neighborhood, part of West End, is noted as Charlotte's oldest surviving
black neighborhood
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, beginning in 1871. The immediate area has a few businesses and churches, with
single-family homes
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west off Beatties Ford Road. The Five Points Park is located nearby.
History
French Street station was approved as a Gold Line Phase 2 stop in 2013, with construction beginning in Fall 2016. Though it was slated to open in early-2020, various delays pushed out the opening till mid-2021. The station opened to the public on August 30, 2021.
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Station layout
The station consists of an island platform with two passenger shelters; a crosswalk and ramp provide platform access from Beatties Ford Road. North of the platform is the (non-passenger) layover area, where the streetcar goes to switch tracks and wait periodically. The station's passenger shelters house two art installations
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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.
References
External links
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Historic West End
Lynx Gold Line stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 2021
2021 establishments in North Carolina
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