My wife, son and I decided to go join the tens of thousands of other folks riding the new Light Rail on Opening Night. We arrived at the 485 station, rode the elevator up and jumped into a packed train cart. Five minutes later we are headed north on our maiden voyage on the light rail.
I have to say it was neat. There were lots of folks heading to see the Bobcats. We got off at the Bobcats station and walked around downtown looking for dinner. After dinner, we climbed back on at the Convention Center station for a quick 20 minute ride back to our car. Return trip was packed and we were lucky enough to be part of one of the technical glitches enjoyed on day one as the train lost power for about 2 minutes. The driver was nice and kept everyone informed and we were soon back underway.
All in All a neat evening for us, Tyler really enjoyed the fact that Santa Clause was on our train minus his outfit coming back home.
While I dont think the light rail will make a bit of difference on traffic and I wish the money had gone to widen 485 .... the train ride was neat..... The curiosity will wear off soon and it will be close to empty 95% of the time, but its worth a ride or two.
It will provide a great option for Bobcats games, that is if they actually do something to connect with their customers and give us a reason to want to go.. Panthers games should be fun on the train as it comes within 3 blocks of the stadium.
We can now say we were part of history!
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