Cary station is an

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train station located in

Cary, North Carolina Cary is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, Wake, Chatham County, North Carolina, Chatham, and Durham County, North Carolina, Durham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh-Cary, NC M ...

. It is served by the , , and services. The station is the hub for the town's GoCary bus network.

History

Previous station

The railroad came to Cary in 1854 with the arrival of the North Carolina Railroad. This is the northernmost track in Cary today, and it was originally built mostly by enslaved people. A second line for the Chatham Railroad was completed in 1868, creating a railroad crossing in Cary. Regular passenger service to Cary started in 1867. The Chatham Railroad constructed a passenger waiting room and warehouse in Cary by 1871. By the early 20th century, Cary residents used both railroads for daily trips to Raleigh for shopping. However, during the Great Depression, rail service was discontinued. Cary station was demolished in about 1976. It had served the Southern Railway and the Seaboard Air Line. When

passenger service to Cary resumed in 1995, there was no longer a depot. This initial Amtrak service was an infill station on the ''

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,'' a state-owned regional railroad operated by Amtrak and mostly financed by the

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Modern station

In 1996, the North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Division erected a platform and shelter for the H Line, north of the station, at the cost of $100,000. This was just prior to the opening of the new Cary Station which cost $737,000—$637,000 from the town and $100,000 from the Triangle Transit Authority. The state-subsidized ''Carolinian,'' began serving the station in 1997, in addition to the ''Piedmont''. In 2006, the North Carolina Department of Transportation constructed a platform on the S Line, south of the station, which allowed the (New York–Tampa–Miami) to begin service to Cary. The town contributed $30,000 or 10% of the project's cost. The station was expanded at the cost of $2 million in NCDOT and

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funds in 2010 and 2011. The station reopened on September 1, 2011, and featured a larger waiting room, restrooms, and a staffed ticket sales window with checked baggage service. In June 2024, the station was a stop along the ''U.S. Open Express'', which operated during the U.S. Open at course number 2 of Pinehurst Resort. On November 10, 2024, the ''Silver Star'' was merged with the as the ''Floridian''.

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Cary Station – NC By Train
{{Cary, North Carolina Amtrak stations in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Cary, North Carolina Railway stations in the United States opened in 1996 Transportation in Wake County, North Carolina Former Southern Railway (U.S.) stations Former Seaboard Air Line Railroad stations