NC wins big federal grant to begin building high-speed rail line north of Raleigh
By Richard Stradling
News Observer
Dec. 5, 2023
N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper, left, talks with Montravias King of Charlotte before both of them boarded the Piedmont train at Raleigh Union Station on Friday, Nov. 17. (Richard Stradling)
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"The N.C. Department of Transportation has received a $1 billion federal grant to begin building the high-speed passenger train line that will eventually run between Raleigh and Richmond, Virginia.
NCDOT will use the money in part to build new tracks, bridges and stations between downtown Raleigh and Wake Forest. That section of the new line will open first and will be used to extend the Piedmont, NCDOT’s train between Charlotte and Raleigh, to northern Wake County.
NCDOT has been working for decades with the state of Virginia on a plan to rebuild the so-called S-line between Raleigh and Richmond for trains capable of going more than 110 mph. Virginia has purchased its portion of the rail corridor from freight railroad CSX, and NCDOT is in the final stages of negotiations to buy its part..."
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