via The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte officials plan to break ground Friday on the first part of Gateway Station, the long-planned but slow-to-come train station that would restart passenger rail service to uptown — but it will still be four years or more before the first trains roll in.
The groundbreaking planned this week includes the start of work for the tracks, signals, structures and passenger platform along the rail tracks. The 17-acre site runs along the train tracks between Bank of America Stadium and Ninth Street but remains mostly surface parking lots.
