A high-speed train could come through Charlotte

Seven North Carolina communities are receiving a collective $3.4 million to help fund mobility hubs that one day could sit alongside high-speed train service through cities like Petersburg, Raleigh, Charlotte, and Atlanta, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has announced.

NC DOT and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) are working to restore passenger train service between Petersburg, Virginia and Raleigh, North Carolina. This route, along what is known as the "S-Line," travels through Norlina, North Carolina and is the most direct path between the two cities. This railroad corridor runs a similar route to Interstate 85.

Currently, passenger train service takes a longer route along the "A-Line," which travels a path along Interstate 95 and goes through cities like Rocky Mount, North Carolina. On current Amtrak service, northbound passenger trains from Raleigh travel east before heading back north.

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