3rd Street/Convention Center is a light rail station for the LYNX Blue Line in Center City Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It is located on an elevated platform above 3rd Street and partially covered by One Wells Fargo Center. It has side platforms, which sit on either side of the tracks; nearby, the Blue Line continues through the Charlotte Convention Center between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Stonewall Street. Notable places nearby include the BB&T Ballpark, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Knight Theater, NASCAR Hall of Fame, Overstreet Mall, Romare Bearden Park and The Green.HistoryThe station, originally known as Convention Center, first opened for service on June 28, 2004, for the historic Charlotte Trolley and was located adjacent to the Charlotte Convention Center. Originally with one track active and one platform, it operating for little over 19 months, before closing on February 6, 2006. When the station was reopened in November 24, 2007, it was grouped together with the newly constructed 3rd Street platforms for the LYNX Blue Line and was rechristened collectively as the 3rd Street/Convention Center. Regular service with fare collection commenced on Monday, November 26, 2007. Charlotte Trolley service resumed on April 20, 2008, but was scaled back to weekend and special events in 2009. In 2010, the Charlotte Trolley service was discontinued, leaving the Convention Center platform abandoned.
