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58 <br /> REQUEST# FY 2026 FY START DATE <br /> Orange Transit Work Plan Jul 2025 <br /> 20TOH CD2 Request Form Total Project Cost <br /> Operating and/or Capital 686,000 <br /> Orange Transit Estimated <br /> Project Name Requesting Agency Project Contact Operating Cost <br /> Base Year $ - <br /> Hillsborough Train <br /> Hillsborough Stephanie Trueblood FY 2027 $ - <br /> Station <br /> Cumulative $ - <br /> Estimated Orange Transit Estimated Capital <br /> Estimated Start Date Completion Notes Cost <br /> TBD TBD Implemented project Base Year $ 686,000 <br /> Cumulative $ 686,000 <br /> Project Enter below a summary of the project that may later be used as the project description in <br /> Description/Scope the FY 2026 Work Plan. <br /> The original Plan set aside funds to support construction of an intercity passenger rail station in the Town of <br /> Hillsborough.The station will be served by two Amtrak passenger train routes:the Carolinian,which travels between <br /> Charlotte and New York once daily in each direction, and the Piedmont, which travels between Charlotte and Raleigh <br /> twice daily in each direction. Under the Piedmont Improvement Program, underway since 2010, the North Carolina <br /> Department of Transportation anticipates operating up to five daily trips between Raleigh and Charlotte in each <br /> direction. <br />