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Station Improvements in North Carolina National Trust for Historic Preservation Website Before the era of interstate highways, rail carried the bulk of the state's goods and citizens. Often the most important link between a community and this transportation network was its passenger station and freight depot. A rail station often was one of the most crowded places in town, teeming with hundreds or thousands of passengers each day. Stations were not only the "gateways" but also provided an identity for many communities.
As passenger rail traffic declined after World War II, stations lost their importance as links to the transportation system. By the 1960's many stations in North Carolina were run down, closed, or had been destroyed. In the 1990's, the North Carolina Department of Transportation and Amtrak began the Carolinian and Piedmont trains, dramatically boosting rail travel in the state. As passenger train travel grows in popularity, North Carolina cities have rehabilitated their historic stations or built new stations to provide better transportation and economic growth for their community.
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