High Point station


High Point is an intermodal transit station in High Point, North Carolina, United States. Its main building serves as an Amtrak train station, while the Broad Avenue Terminal serves as the bus terminus for both High Point Transit System and the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation. The station is located in downtown High Point and near the West High Street Historic District.

History

High Point Station was originally built in 1907, by Southern Railway, and was designed in Richardsonian Romanesque, with a rusticated ashlar base and a tiled hip roof. In the late 1930s, a trench was dug so rail and automobile traffic would not impede each other through downtown High Point; a walkway across the tracks and a staircase to an island platform at track level was constructed. In 1979, Amtrak took over passenger operations at the station from Southern Railway. Between 2002 and 2003, a $6.8 million renovation project was done that included making the station ADA compliant; the station reopened on December 9, 2003.

Services

The train station, operated by Amtrak, provides inter-city rail service via three routes:, and. Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach service to Winston-Salem connects with the Carolinian and Piedmont. This service is operated by PART and designated as Route 5. Amtrak operating hours are at 12:00am-4:00am, 7:00am-12:30pm and 3:30pm-9:00pm; it includes a Quik-Trak kiosk, waiting area and restrooms. No baggage service is available at this station. A station attendant is available on-site during operating hours.
The Broad Avenue Terminal, operated by HPTS, provides local bus service that operate Monday-Friday at 5:45am-7:30pm and Saturday at 8:45am-5:30pm, closed on Sunday. PART also operates two intercity bus routes from the terminal, Route 3 and Route 9, which travel to Greensboro and Thomasville/Lexington respectively.

Station layout

The station building is located on West High Avenue, with a walkway that goes across a deep trench to the Broad Avenue Terminal. The station's island platform is located in the trench, connected to the walkway by stairs and an elevator.