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Durham's new train station opened at sunrise Wednesday morning.
Jump to full article: mync.com (WNCN NBC 17), 2009-07-08
Author: Josh Green, NBC17, 19 hours, 26 minutes ago
Intro: "The ceiling ... I love the ceiling," she said as she looked up with a smile. "The ceiling reminds me of the barn we used to put tobacco in."
Vincent was the first passenger ever to step foot into the newly renovated Walker Warehouse Building at 601 W. Main St. Almost exactly a year ago, crews started converting the old tobacco warehouse into a renovated 10,000 square foot Amtrak station.
"Because Durham is the 5th busiest station in the state, certainly we needed more room," said Joan Bagherpour, Communications Manager for the North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Division.
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