| 1990 |
State of North Carolina begins Carolinian passenger train with daily round trips between Charlotte and New York. Charlotte passenger counts for the year are 36,000.
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| 1991 |
City of Charlotte identified West Trade Street area as the preferred location for a new multimodal station.
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| 1995 |
State of North Carolina begins Piedmont train operations with daily round trips between Raleigh and Charlotte.
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| 1996 |
Charlotte passenger rail counts top 77,000 annually.
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| 1997 |
NCDOT confirms West Trade Street site as location for future multimodal station.
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| 1998 |
State begins acquiring property for station.
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| 2000 |
Passenger rail numbers at current station top 123,000 annually. West Trade Street station site is endorsed by Center City 2010 Vision Plan. State begins feasibility study of new station.
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| 2002 |
State completes feasibility study of station, including eight track design and seven station design options with over 80 meetings with various stakeholders. CATS completes major investment studies in five transit corridors, including corridors that will serve the new multi-modal station.
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| 2003 |
North Carolina General Assembly approves funding for NCDOT to begin preliminary engineering and environmental assessment and acquire additional property for multi-modal station.
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| 2004 |
Small Area Plan begun undertaken by the city, CATS and NCDOT.
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| 2008-2009 |
Complete preliminary engineering and environmental assessment of station.
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| 2009-2010 |
Complete final design work for station and track improvements.
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| 2010 |
Phased construction begins.
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