Charlotte station (Amtrak)

Charlotte, NC
Station entrance
General information
Location	1914 North Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina United States
Coordinates	35°14′28″N 80°49′22″W / 35.24111°N 80.82278°W / 35.24111; -80.82278
Owned by	Norfolk Southern Railway
Line(s)	NCRR Corridor Charlotte District
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	CATS: 11
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	80 spaces; free
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Walter Hook Associates, Inc.
Architectural style	Mid-century modern
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: CLT
History
Opened	1962
Original company	Southern Railway
Passengers
FY 2023	261,510[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Gastonia toward New Orleans Crescent Salisbury toward New York Terminus Carolinian Kannapolis toward New York Piedmont Kannapolis toward Raleigh
Former services Preceding station Southern Railway Following station Belmont toward Birmingham Main Line Concord toward Washington, D.C. Terminus Charlotte – Savannah Griffith toward Savannah Derita toward Taylorsville Taylorsville – Charlotte Terminus
Location

Charlotte station is an Amtrak station located at 1914 North Tryon Street, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the northeast of Uptown Charlotte. Owned by Norfolk Southern, it is located near that railroad's yard outside Uptown.

It is the southern terminus for the Carolinian and Piedmont, as well as a service stop on the Crescent. As of fiscal year 2018, it is the busiest station in North Carolina, and one of the busiest in the Southeast.^[2]

The outdated station, disconnected from the city center, will be replaced by a new station uptown, Charlotte Gateway Station, which is tentatively scheduled to open for Amtrak service in 2026-27.^[3]