Irwin Avenue station

Irwin Avenue
Irwin Avenue
CityLynx streetcar station
	Streetcar stop along West Trade Street
Location	1009 West Trade Street; Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°14′06″N 80°51′10″W / 35.23500°N 80.85277°WCoordinates: 35°14′06″N 80°51′10″W / 35.23500°N 80.85277°W
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
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	August 30, 2021
Services
Location

Irwin Avenue 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 Johnson & Wales University and Gateway Village.

Location[]

Irwin Avenue station is located at the intersection of West Trade Street, Irwin Avenue, and Johnson & Wales Way, in Uptown Charlotte. The immediate area features multi-level apartments, Johnson & Wales Charlotte campus, and Gateway Village office park. Also nearby, one to two blocks away, is Fraizer Park, Irwin Creek Greenway, and James Dennis Rash Park.

History[]

Irwin Avenue 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.^[2]^[3] The station opened to the public on August 30, 2021.^[1]^[4]

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 Jim Hirschfield and Sonya Ishii.^[5]

Westbound	← CityLynx Gold Line toward French Street (Wesley Heights)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound	→ CityLynx Gold Line, toward Sunnyside Avenue (Johnson & Wales) →