High Point station explained

High Point, NC
Style:Amtrak
Address:100 West High Avenue
Borough:High Point, North Carolina
Country:United States
Coordinates:35.9572°N -80.0064°W
Owned:City of High Point
Line:NCRR Corridor
Danville District
Platforms:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Bus Operators: HPTS
Connections:
Structure:Below-grade
Parking:73 spaces
Accessible:Yes
Architectural Style:Richardsonian Romanesque
Status:Unstaffed; attendant available
Original:Southern Railway
Opened:1907
Rebuilt:2002 - 2003
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes

High Point station 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 (HPTS) and the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART). 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 accessible; the station reopened on December 9, 2003.[1] [2]

Services

The train station, operated by Amtrak, provides inter-city rail service via three routes:, and . 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.[3] A station attendant is available on-site during operating hours.[4] [5]

Broad Avenue Terminal

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.[6] [7] PART also operates two intercity bus routes from the terminal, Route 3 (High Point Express) and Route 9 (Davidson Business 85 Express), which travel to Greensboro and Thomasville/Lexington respectively.[8] [9]

Amtrak Thruway service to Winston-Salem State University (Union Station) and Winston-Salem (Clark Campbell Transportation Center) is provided four times a day, Monday–Saturday. This service is operated by PART, designated as Route 5 (NC Amtrak Connector).[10] Amtrak bus departing designations are #6173, #6175, #6177, and #6179; arriving designations are #6174, #6176, #6178, and #6180.

Station layout

The station building is located on West High Avenue, with a walkway that goes across a 35feet 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.

GStreet LevelEntrance/Exit, station building, walkway, parking, bus terminal
PTrack 1
Track 2 toward New Orleans
, toward Charlotte

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: High Point, NC (HPT) - Great American Stations . Amtrak's Great American Stations . July 17, 2019.
  2. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of North Carolina. . November 2017 . February 3, 2019.
  3. Web site: Hamlet, North Carolina Train Station (HAM) - Amtrak . February 3, 2019.
  4. Web site: High Point, North Carolina Train Station (HPT) - Amtrak . July 18, 2019.
  5. Web site: High Point Train Schedule - North Carolina Amtrak Service . July 18, 2019.
  6. Web site: City of High Point Transit System Map . Hi tran . December 14, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222144041/http://www.highpointnc.gov/hi-tran/docs/CHPBusSystem_Dsize.pdf . 2015-12-22 .
  7. Web site: Transit - High Point, NC . City of High Point . April 28, 2018.
  8. Web site: Route 3 – High Point Express . PART . November 6, 2017 . July 18, 2019.
  9. Web site: Route 9 – Davidson Business 85 Express . PART . July 3, 2017 . July 18, 2019.
  10. Web site: Route 5 – NC Amtrak Connector . PART . June 4, 2018 . July 18, 2019.