Transportation Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

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1 transportation

1.1 air
1.2 intercity rail
1.3 light rail , mass transit
1.4 freight
1.5 major roadways





transportation
air

the county s primary commercial aviation airport charlotte douglas international airport in charlotte.


intercity rail

with twenty-five freight trains day, mecklenburg freight railroad transportation center, largely due place on ns main line between washington , atlanta , large volumes of freight moving in , out of county via truck.


mecklenburg county served daily 3 amtrak routes.


the crescent train connects charlotte new york, philadelphia, baltimore, washington, charlottesville, , greensboro north, , atlanta, birmingham , new orleans south.


the carolinian train connects charlotte new york, philadelphia, baltimore, washington, richmond, raleigh, durham , greensboro.


the piedmont train connects charlotte raleigh, durham , greensboro.


the amtrak station located @ 1914 north tryon street. new centralized multimodal train station, gateway station, has been planned city. expected house future lynx purple line, new greyhound bus station, , crescent line passes through uptown charlotte.


mecklenburg county proposed southern terminus initial segment of southeast high speed rail corridor operating between charlotte , washington, d.c. in conceptual design, sehsr run washington, d.c. macon, georgia.


light rail , mass transit

light rail service in mecklenburg county provided lynx rapid transit services. 9.6-mile (15.4 km) line running uptown pineville; build-out expected complete 2034.


charlotte area transit system (cats) bus service serves of mecklenburg county, including charlotte, , municipalities of davidson, huntersville, cornelius, matthews, pineville, , mint hill.


the vintage charlotte trolley operates in partnership cats. on july 14, 2015, goldrush streetcar revived operate in uptown after several decades of absence. line runs trade street, near charlotte transportation , convention center, elizabeth avenue. in addition several restaurants, line serves central piedmont community college , novant health presbyterian hospital. city applying $50,000,000 federal transportation grant, gain funding construct expansion of line serve johnson c. smith university west , east along central avenue.


freight

mecklenburg s manufacturing base, central location on eastern seaboard, , intersection of 2 major interstates in county have made hub trucking industry.


major roadways






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