High Point station is an intermodal transit station in

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, United States. Its main building serves as an

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train station, while the Broad Avenue Terminal serves as the

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for both High Point Transit System (HPTS) and the

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(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

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, with a rusticated

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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

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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

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accessible; the station reopened on December 9, 2003.

Services

The train station, operated by Amtrak, provides

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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. A station attendant is available on-site during operating hours.

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. PART also operates two

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routes from the terminal, Route 3 (High Point Express) and Route 9 (Davidson Business 85 Express), which travel to

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and Thomasville/ Lexington respectively.

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service to

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(

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) and

Winston-Salem Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in N ...

(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). 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 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.

References

External links

High Point Station – NC By Train
{{Amtrak North Carolina stations Buildings and structures in High Point, North Carolina Amtrak stations in North Carolina Former Southern Railway (U.S.) stations 1907 establishments in North Carolina Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach stations in North Carolina