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61 <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 Operating <br /> Project Name Requesting Agency Project Contact Cost <br /> Base Year $ <br /> Hillsborough Train <br /> Station Hillsborough Stephanie Trueblood FY 2027 $ - <br /> Cumulative $ - <br /> Estimated Start Date Estimated Completion Notes Orange Transit Estimated Capital Cost <br /> In Progress 6/30/2028 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 the <br /> Description/Scope FY 2026 Work Plan. <br /> The original Plan set aside funds to support construction of an intercity passenger rail station in the Town of Hillsborough. <br /> The station will be served by two Amtrak passenger train routes: the Carolinian, which travels between Charlotte and New <br /> York once daily in each direction, and the Piedmont, which travels between Charlotte and Raleigh twice daily in each <br /> direction. Under the Piedmont Improvement Program, underway since 2010, the North Carolina Department of <br /> Transportation anticipates operating up to five daily trips between Raleigh and Charlotte in each direction. <br />