Hillsborough
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Future station site photographed in 2016
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US 70 Business near Churton Street Hillsborough, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°03′57″N 79°05′37″W / 36.06583°N 79.093741°WCoordinates: 36°03′57″N 79°05′37″W / 36.06583°N 79.093741°W | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Hillsborough | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | North Carolina Railroad | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 2020 (planned) | ||||||||||||||
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Hillsborough is a planned train station in Hillsborough, North Carolina, located on the North Carolina Railroad (NCRR). Plans originally called for a station near the intersection of Churton Street (old NC 86) and US 70 Business to be completed by 2015 at a cost of $8.9 million. 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.