Scaleybark (LYNX station)

Infobox Station
name=Scaleybark
type=LYNX light rail station


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image_caption=Western side from across South Boulevard
address=3750 South Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28209
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line=rail color box|system=LYNX|line=Blue
other=CATS route # 36
CATS route # 59
structure=At-grade
platform=2 side platforms
tracks=2
parking=315 spaces
bicycle=Racks available
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opened=24 November 2007
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Scaleybark is a light rail station on the LYNX Blue Line in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.. The station officially opened for service on Saturday, November 24, 2007, and as part of its opening celebration fares were not collected.cite news
first = Steve
last = Harrison
coauthors = Kristen Valle
title = Light rail, heavy traffic - Thousands wait in lines for a free ride on 1st day
publisher = The Charlotte Observer
page = 1A
date = November 25, 2007 ] Regular service with fare collection commenced on Monday, November 26, 2007.

Although this is named the Scaleybark station, it is actually located opposite Scaleybark Road across South Boulevard at its intersection with Old Pineville Road in a convert|70|ft wide median.cite news
last =Whitacre
first =Dianne
title =Changes for drivers too: Median to split part of South Boulevard
work =The Charlotte Observer
pages =1B
date =January 26, 2006
accessdate = ] It has side platforms, which sit on either side of the tracks, and a 315-space commuter parking lot to the west across South Boulevard.__NOTOC__

Connections to other transit routes

* CATS route #36—Midtown
* CATS route #59—Scaleybark/Marsh

Public art

The station features a public art display entitled "Furrow", created by Raleigh artist Thomas Sayre. Sayre's original vision called for a convert|30|ft disk near Clanton Road and three additional disks, ranging between convert|12|ft to convert|16|ft in height at Scaleybark.

The shape of the sculpture resembles that of a plow's disk harrows, and is located at the ends of the median approaching the platform. The six disks each are convert|18|ft in height and weigh in at 11 tons each.cite news
last =Maschal
first =Richard
title =Sculptures rise amid transit debate
work =The Charlotte Observer
pages =1A
date =September 25, 2007
accessdate = ] The materials utilized in the creation of the disks included 72 cubic yards of dirt excavated from the site of the I-485/South Boulevard station. The dirt was mixed with concrete tinted with iron oxide and applied to the steel discs in the Scaleybark parking lot. Each disc measures only convert|9|in in width, and have been engineered to withstand hurricane force winds.

Additional works include bas-reliefs entitled "Hornbeam" by Alice Adams, Mexican Bingo motifs on both the pavers and shelters by Leticia Huerta and track fencing featuring sweetgum leaves by Shaun Cassidy.cite web
title =Scaleybark Station: Art in Transit
publisher =Charlotte Area Transit System
url =http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/CATS/LYNX/Scaleybark+Road+Station.htm
accessdate =2008-06-21 ]

A canceled public art project for Scaleybark called for the restoration of the neighboring Queens Park Theater tower sign. To be created by New York artist R.M. Fisher, the restored landmark was to have featured lighted panels at the base with backlighted paintings of long leaf pines, the North Carolina state tree.cite news
last =Whitacre
first =Dianne
title =Light rail artists craft functional forms
work =The Charlotte Observer
pages =1B
date =September 9, 2004
accessdate = ] The project was eliminated in January 2005 due to escalating overall costs for the project as a whole.cite news
last =Whitacre
first =Dianne
title =Light rail: Higher prices, later arrival
work =The Charlotte Observer
pages =1A
date =January 11, 2005
accessdate = ]

Incidents & accidents

* November 11, 2007: A man was struck by a train during the LYNX testing phase near the junction of Old Pineville Road and South Boulevard, just south of the Scaleybark station. The incident marked the first fatality involving a LYNX train and a pedestrian. [cite news
last =Bethea
first =April
title =LYNX train kills man
work =The Charlotte Observer
pages =1A
date =November 12, 2007
accessdate = ]

References

External links

* [http://www.charmeck.org/NR/rdonlyres/evvovvonzymgf5ja5k5ob2aqrb63fuh5bjr3iyei5mon6kk2qh5fmouibpiggvqcazjjts6ojpis4vnqcr7yrdqu3gg/Scaleybark.pdf Scaleybark station site plan] from CATS
* [http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/CATS/LYNX/Scaleybark+Road+Station.htm Scaleybark Road station]