Carson station (Charlotte)

Carson is a light rail station for the LYNX Blue Line just south of Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. The station officially opened for service on Saturday, November 24, 2007, and as part of its opening celebration fares were not collected. Regular service with fare collection commenced on Monday, November 26, 2007.

The station is located on Carson Boulevard one block to the west of South Boulevard. It has side platforms, which sit on either side of the tracks.

Notable places nearby

Public art

As part of the CATS Art in Transit program, Carson features several pieces intended to provide a better overall aesthetic for the station. The works include bas-reliefs entitled Hornbeam by Alice Adams, drinking fountain basins designed to look like dogwoods, the North Carolina state flower, by Nancy Blum, gold nugget motifs on both the pavers and shelters by Leticia Huerta to pay homage to the North Carolina gold rush of the mid-19th century and track fencing featuring magnolia leaves by Shaun Cassidy.

Carson (Los Angeles Metro station)

Carson is a transitway station station on the Harbor Transitway (Interstate 110/Harbor Freeway) at its undercrossing of Carson Street in Carson, California. It is one of two that are outside of a dedicated transitway. North of this station transitway services use Torrance Boulevard and Figueroa Street to the Artesia Transit Center. Traveling south on the I-110 the next station is Pacific Coast Highway. The station uses two side platforms which are accessed from Carson Street via stairs and elevators. There is a 140 space park and ride lot.

Services

Metro Silver Line  

Nearby Dining and Attractions

Coordinates: 33°49′53″N 118°17′14″W / 33.8314°N 118.2872°W / 33.8314; -118.2872

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Carson (surname)

Carson is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Fresh!

Fresh! is the debut album from Australian dance-pop singer/songwriter Gina G. The album peaked at No. 12 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 27 on the U.S. Billboard Heatseekers chart. The album is certified Silver (marking sales of 60,000) in the United Kingdom.

The lead single "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit", written by Simon Tauber and Steve Rodway, was first released in March 1996 in the UK. It was the selected as the UK's entry for the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest. Despite placing 8th, the song went on to achieve worldwide success, peaking at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 the following year. It is one of very few Eurovision entries to chart in the US market. The album went on feature five additional singles, four of which were co-written by Gina G. "I Belong To You" and "Fresh!" (both peaked at No. 6 in the UK), "Ti Amo" (No. 11), "Gimme Some Love" (No. 25) and the final single "Every Time I Fall", the first ballad to be released from the album, (No. 52).

DJ Fresh

Daniel Stein, best known as DJ Fresh, is an English record producer, DJ and musician known for making electronic music. He was one of the principal members of the drum and bass group, Bad Company, alongside Darren White (dBridge), Jason Maldini, and Michael Wojcicki (Vegas). He also owns and runs the pioneering drum and bass label Breakbeat Kaos with Adam F.

DJ Fresh released his third studio album, Nextlevelism in October 2012 on Ministry of Sound Recordings, which includes the two No. 1 hits singles "Louder" and "Hot Right Now" – the UK's first dubstep and drum and bass No. 1's respectively - "The Power", "The Feeling" and "Gold Dust".

Currently working on his fourth studio album – due for release at the end of 2014 – DJ Fresh recently scored two top five hit singles with “Earthquake”, a collaboration with Mad Decent label boss Diplo featuring Dominique Young Unique and “Dibby Dibby Sound” a collaboration with St Louis producer Jay Fay also featuring the legendary garage vocalist Ms. Dynamite.

Fresh (Shawn Desman album)

Fresh is the third studio album by Canadian R&B and dance-pop singer Shawn Desman. It was first released in Canada on August 3, 2010. The album was preceded by its Top 20-peaking lead single "Shiver" and the Platinum-certified dual singles "Electric" and "Night Like This".

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Chart performance

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Singles

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