Rail Observations of Charlotte, North Carolina (September 2019)

Blue Line LYNX Stations recorded: *Scaleybark Road *New Bern Street *DOWNTOWN (3rd Street/Convention Center; 7th Street; near Transit Center/Spectrum Center) *Parkwood *Sugar Creek *Bland Street *JW Clay Boulevard at UNC-Charlotte Siemens S70 (2006 & 2016 models) LYNX Blue Line is the main line passenger service for the Charlotte-Mecklenberg county transit network. Beginning operations in 2007, LYNX operated between Interstate 485 "Beltway" and Downtown. In 2018, service extended northward to University of North Carolina at Charlotte campus -- doubling the distance and ridership along the centralized railway providing a closer connection to the town of Concord (whom has an express service connecting to JW Clay Boulevard station). Future expansion calls for an extension of the existing Gold Line streetcar service westward as construction has begun refurbishing the tracks & stations to occupy trains similar to the Blue Line; all of this as a precursor for the expansion into Charlotte-Douglas International Airport some 10 miles nearby. Created with Movavi Video Editor https://www.movavi.com/videoeditor/?c...