Fayetteville station is an
Amtrak train station in
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Fayetteville () is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a major U.S. Army installation northwest of the city.
Fayetteville has received the All-America C ...
, United States. It is located in the
Fayetteville Downtown Historic District
Fayetteville Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It encompasses 113 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, 1 contributing structure, and 2 contributing o ...
, next to the
Airborne & Special Operations Museum
The United States Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum (ASOM) is part of the U.S. Army Museum Enterprise dedicated to preserving and teaching a public history of the Special Operations and Airborne community, as well as broader United State ...
.
History
The station was originally built in 1911 by the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, designed by architect
Joseph F. Leitner
Joseph Florence Leitner (June 13, 1871 – June 2, 1930) was an American architect whose work includes several rail stations. In Columbia, South Carolina he worked for Charles Coker Wilson (beginning in 1901) for five years. Later he partnered wit ...
, and was the third station to be located at the corner of Hay and Hillsborough Streets.
In addition to serving the north-south ACL
main line
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, into the late 1930s, the station afforded connection with a line to Mt. Airy via Sanford and Greensboro to the northwest, and another train to Wilmington to the southeast.
The station has been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places since July 7, 1982. Between 2005 and 2006, the station was restored in an effort to bring it up to compliance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Services
The station, operated by Amtrak, provides
inter-city rail service via two routes: and . (The
Auto Train passes through nightly but does not make a stop.) The facility is open daily at 10:00am-5:45pm and 10:00pm-5:45am, which includes the ticket office, passenger assistance, baggage service and the waiting area. A
Subway
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restaurant is also located in the facility.
Because of construction of a new baseball stadium, hotel and
parking deck, parking for the station is temporarily located behind the Airborne & Special Operations Museum. When construction is completed, pay parking will only be available via the parking deck.
Located one block south, along Winslow Street, is the FAST Center, providing local and
intercity bus services.
References
External links
Fayetteville Station – NC By Train
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Amtrak stations in North Carolina
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Transportation in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Buildings and structures in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1911
National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County, North Carolina
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