Hillsborough station (North Carolina)


Hillsborough is a planned train station in Hillsborough, North Carolina, located on the North Carolina Railroad. According to town officials, the station building will be closely modeled on the Kannapolis station. It will be the nearest Amtrak station to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

History

The city purchased the parcel around to construct a rail station.
Plans originally called for a station near the intersection of Churton Street and US 70 Business to be completed by 2015 at a cost of $8.9 million. After unanticipated delays between NCRR, Norfolk Southern Railway and the North Carolina Department of Transportation, Construction is now scheduled for 2019–2020 with $7.2 million currently budgeted and a projected cost of $8.4 million. When it is completed, Amtrak's Carolinian and Piedmont will serve the station.