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14 <br />Draft Orange County Transit Plan FAQ <br />A7: High capacity transit investrnents like commuter rail are typically built in <br />corridors with higher transit demand than can be served effectively with standard <br />bus service. While Hillsborough currently meets the criteria for an intercity rail <br />station for scheduled Amtrak trains that arrive a few times per day, it does not <br />presently have the population or travel demand to warrant commuter rail service <br />that is presently warranted between Durham and Garner via Cary and Raleigh. <br />However, the commuter rail system between Durham and Garner is being <br />designed to accommodate the possibility of future extensions to the east and <br />west, including Hillsborough. To the extent that travel demand from the greater <br />Hillsborough area increases in the future to levels that suggest commuter rail is <br />feasible, commuter rail service could then be extended to Hillsborough at a future <br />date. <br />