North Carolina State Fair station
North Carolina State Fair | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 The Piedmont at the station in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1025 Blue Ridge Road Raleigh, North Carolina United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°47′39″N 78°42′22″W / 35.79417°N 78.70611°W | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | NCRR Corridor Aberdeen Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | No | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Seasonal; platform only | |||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | Amtrak: NSF | |||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2023 | 1,989 (FY 2022, data not available for 2023)[1] (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||||
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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.[2][3]
The station waiting area is normally a tent on the west corner of Blue Ridge Road and south corner of Hillsborough Street. There are no ticketing services on site.[4] A wheelchair lift stored near the grade crossing provides accessibility to passengers.
In 2023 and 2024, the station was relocated west due to road construction.[5]
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.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of North Carolina" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ "NCDOT Announces Special Train Stops for Fall Events". North Carolina Department of Transportation. September 5, 2023. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ "Get to the Fair". North Carolina State Fair. Archived from the original on September 12, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ "North Carolina State Fair, NSF". Amtrak. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "An updated guide to getting to the 2024 N.C. State Fair, including returning bus service". North Carolina State Fair. October 14, 2024.
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