Salisbury station is an

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station located in

Salisbury, North Carolina Salisbury is a city in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, United States; it has been the county seat of Rowan County since 1753 when its territory extended to the Mississippi River. Located northeast of Charlotte and within its metropolita ...

. It is served by three passenger trains: the , the , and the . The street address is Depot and Liberty Streets, and is located in the Salisbury Railroad Corridor Historic District.

History

The station was constructed in 1908 by the Southern Railway and was designed by

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in the

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. It was added to the

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in 1975, but was nearly demolished until it was bought by the Historic Salisbury Foundation in 1984. Renovations began in 1993 and were completed by 1996, although NCDOT gave the foundation extra funding in 1999 to enlarge the waiting room.Salisbury Station (Historic Salisbury Foundation)
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Salisbury Station – NC By Train
Former Southern Railway (U.S.) stations Amtrak stations in North Carolina Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Salisbury, North Carolina Railway stations in the United States opened in 1908 Frank Pierce Milburn buildings Transportation in Rowan County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Rowan County, North Carolina Historic district contributing properties in North Carolina 1908 establishments in North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-railstation-stub