Bradley Station is a bus station located in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States. It serves as a bus terminus for Gastonia Transit (GT) and provides intercity bus service via Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS), Greyhound Lines, and Sunway Charters.
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General information | |
Location | 121 North Oakland Street Gastonia, North Carolina United States |
Coordinates | 35.26457°N 81.18026°W / 35.26457; -81.18026 |
Owned by | City of Gastonia |
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Structure type | At-grade |
Parking | 140 spaces |
Bicycle facilities | Bicycle racks |
Disabled access | Yes |
History | |
Opened | 1994 (1994) |
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The facility is located at the intersection of Main and Oakland streets in the Downtown Gastonia Historic District; several of the brick commercial buildings, that flank the station, were built in the 1940s and are examples of International Style architecture.[1] Various businesses and restaurants are within walking distance, as well as the Gastonia Conference Center and Gaston County Courthouse.
Bradley Station was opened in 1994; it utilized an existing building that was built in 1980 and converted remnants of North Oakland Street, a result of Norfolk Southern tracks that were sunk below grade in a deep concrete-lined ravine in the early 1990s, into a circular bus turnaround.[1][2] In 2020, the station building was expanded with a 50% increase of additional interior space, that allowed for more office space, a break room, training room, and dispatch window. In January 2021, the Bradley Station Dog Park was opened, located next to the station building.[3]
The station is owned by the City of Gastonia and operated by Gaston Transit. The station and the 140-space surface parking lot is open 24-hour; however, the station building is open Monday–Saturday during GT business hours. The station building includes tickets/information, restrooms, and waiting area. Outside, a long J-shaped shelter straddles along the circular bus turnaround, providing a shaded outdoor waiting area. The Bradley Station Dog Park is open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
All GT routes begin or end at the station, Monday–Saturday.[4] CATS operates, Monday–Friday, four morning and one evening express route to the Charlotte Transportation Center, in Uptown Charlotte.[5] Sunway Charters operates two daily stops, 12:10 p.m. to Charlotte and 6:40 p.m. to Boone, with an additional two stops on Friday during ASU Fall/Spring semester.[6]