A train station building and passenger platform will be built. The building will be about 7,000 square feet and will provide space for offices and passenger service areas. 

The station primarily will be used for town office and meeting space until future expansion and construction of the station’s platform.

The project included the development of three concept designs. One was elected to be carried through to the construction-document level design and engineering estimates.

Station Site

The town bought 20 acres next to the North Carolina Railroad corridor in 2008. It has a conceptual plan for a portion of the site. The plan will inform environmental screening and preliminary planning for the future station.

• Future Train Station Conceptual Site Layout — June 2016
• Future Train Station Presentation Packet — November 2022
• Future Train Station Site Map

Funding

The future train station was funded in the 2016-2025 State Transportation Improvement Program.

In 2020, the town entered into a funding agreement with the N.C. Department of Transportation and the public transportation agency GoTriangle to facilitate the design and construction of the station building and site.

• Future Train Station Funding Agreement — March 2020

Current Phase

The project's current phase includes planning, design and construction document-level engineering of:

• The train station building and a covered platform.
• Parking and site circulation.
• Connectivity to the site and other related and necessary improvements.

A request for proposals for design of the future station was issued in September 2021. In December 2021, the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners authorized staff to negotiate a contract up to $800,000 with Clearscapes for design and engineering of the future train station and a greenway connection to downtown Hillsborough.

Clearscapes gave a presentation to the Board of Commissioners in November 2022. The site plan and architecturals are still in development and subject to change.

Videos

• Future Train Station Presentation
• Transportation Priorities Presentation