North Carolina State Fair station explained

Style:Amtrak
North Carolina State Fair
Address:1025 Blue Ridge Road
Borough:Raleigh, North Carolina
Country:United States
Coordinates:35.7942°N -78.7061°W
Line:NCRR Corridor
Aberdeen Subdivision
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:3
Parking:No
Accessible:Yes
Status:Seasonal; platform only
Mapframe:yes

North Carolina State Fair station is a seasonal Amtrak station serving the North Carolina State Fairground in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is served by Amtrak's Carolinian and Piedmont trains when the fair is in operation in mid-October.

The station waiting area is a tent on the west corner of Blue Ridge Road and south corner of Hillsborough Street. There are no ticketing services on site.[1] A wheelchair lift stored near the grade crossing provides accessibility to passengers.

Across the tracks from the fairgrounds is an abandoned freight spur leading to what is today a North Carolina Department of Transportation equipment storage facility along Beryl Road, as well as another one leading to what is now a storage warehouse. Sidetracks exist on both sides of the tracks between Powell Drive and Blue Ridge Road.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Carolina State Fair, NSF. 20 September 2019. Amtrak. 20 September 2019.