A rendering of a planned gateway plaza connecting to the Durham Rail Trail downtown. Credit: City of Durham More than seven years after the City of Durham bought an inactive railroad corridor with ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Amtrak celebrated the completion of the $1.5 million project to improve the Durham train station. Durham Mayor Leonardo Williams joined North Carolina Department of ...

The world's oldest railway station has been saved after significant funding was secured for the historic County Durham building. Dating from 1826, Heighington Station is widely recognised as the world ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- It hasn't been in use since 1983 and if developers have their way, that could soon change. The old CSX railway that was completed in the late 1890s may soon be rebirthed into an ...

A cyclist reviews the proposed route for the Durham-to-Roxboro Rail Trail at a public engagement event in August 2025. Credit: Photo by Justin Laidlaw In 2021, Janet Li, a cycling enthusiast, moved to ...

A new study predicts a commuter rail line in the Triangle could cost around $3 billion and take over a decade to launch. The route extending up to 43 miles would have a start date between 2033 and ...

The last time Durham County updated its public transit plan, in 2017, about 85% of local taxes and fees for transit were earmarked for rail, mostly for the Durham-Orange Light Rail line. With the ...

A recently released study from GoTriangle considers the feasibility of a commuter rail line that would connect Durham, RTP, Morrisville, Cary, Raleigh, Garner and Clayton. A long-awaited study lays ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. TThis 2022 file photo shows passengers boarding Amtrak’s Piedmont train in Cary, N.C.

An MP has committed to fighting proposed cuts to rail services in Durham, which could see 12 weekday services to Edinburgh scrapped the changes. Proposed timetable changes from rail companies, ...

While there are more than 90,000 properties on the National Register of Historic Places, the Durham Western Heritage Museum joins about 2,500 National Historic Landmarks. The former train station that ...