, The News & Observer; March 20, 2018
RALEIGH – Union Station, the city’s new downtown train station and future transit hub, will open later this spring.
Amtrak passengers will begin using the new $87 million station sometime in the second half of May, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 30, according to David Eatman, the city’s transit administrator. The building should be ready for the ceremony, but additional track and platform work and testing will delay the start of rail service there, Eatman said.