Charlotte station (Amtrak)

"Charlotte station (North Carolina)" redirects here. For the historic station, see Seaboard Air Line Railroad Passenger Station.

Charlotte
File:Charlottestation.jpg Station entrance
Location	1914 North Tryon Street Charlotte, NC
Coordinates
Owned by	Norfolk Southern Railway
Line(s)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	CATS: 11
Construction
Parking	Yes; free
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	CLT
History
Opened	1961
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	201,481  4.3%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Gastonia toward New Orleans Crescent Salisbury toward New York City Terminus Carolinian Kannapolis toward New York City Piedmont Kannapolis toward Raleigh

Charlotte is an Amtrak station located on North Tryon Street, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the northeast of downtown Charlotte. It is the southern terminus for the Carolinian and Piedmont, as well as an intermediate stop on the Crescent.

The current station was built in 1961 by Southern Railway as a replacement for the former Southern Railway passenger station located near the intersection of Trade Street and 4th Street in downtown. (The former downtown station was torn down in 1962 as Southern Railway's passenger services were being eliminated). Southern Railway used the 1961 station as a stop for its passenger trains until 1979, when it turned over its remaining passenger routes to Amtrak. The old Seaboard Air Line Railroad Passenger Station, located on the current CSX Charlotte-Wilmington mainline, is just off Tryon Street a couple of blocks south of the Amtrak station. It is currently being used as a homeless shelter known as the Urban Ministry Center.

The current station's exterior incorporates dark brown brick and large, angled concrete panels covered in pebble-dash. Interspersed with these heavy, solid elements are transparent walls of glass, which coupled with clerestory windows beneath the roof, allow ample natural light to flood the waiting room. In keeping with the aesthetics of Mid-Century Modern architecture, the station has minimal applied ornamentation. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and Amtrak expanded the waiting room in 2002 and added an additional ticket window.

The proposed Gateway Station in Uptown will serve as a replacement for this facility.

Routes

• Crescent
• Carolinian
• Piedmont

External links

• Amtrak – Stations – Charlotte, NC
• Charlotte Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Charlotte, NC (CLT) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)