, The News & Observer; April 30, 2018
RALEIGH – Hundreds of people gathered in the great hall of Raleigh’s new train station on Monday morning as politicians and state and federal transportation officials celebrated the culmination of an idea more than eight years in the making.
While Amtrak trains won’t stop here for a month or more, Raleigh Union Station, built in the shell of a former Dillon Supply Co. steel warehouse on the western edge of downtown, appeared ready. The 9,200-square-foot waiting room, with high-backed wooden benches like those found in classic railroad stations, is five times larger than the one it will replace in the current Amtrak station across the tracks.
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