The information here covers surviving North Carolina railroad stations. The Railroad Station Historical Society (RSHS) and my many thanks to them for such (the information here would not have been possible without their invaluable resources) provided much of the research for this page. If you would like to learn more about the Railroad Station Historical Society or are considering becoming a member please click here to visit their website.
Also, if you know of a railroad station or depot in your area that is not preserved or in danger of being demolished please take action to see if it can be saved. These buildings are beautiful works of architecture and it has been proven time and again that preserved historic railroad stations (whether still in use as a train station or not) increase the value and attractiveness of an area for both visitors and businesses (particularly if it is located in a downtown area). Not only that, but you will be saving an important piece of history!
Aberdeen: The passenger station originally built by the Seaboard Air Line and Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroads here still stands.
Acme: The freight station originally built by the SAL here still stands, owned by CSX.
Ahoskie: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, owned by shortline North Carolina & Virginia Railroad.
Albemarle: The passenger station originally built by the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway here still stands.
Almond: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, privately owned.
Angier: The passenger station originally built by the Durham & Southern Railroad here still stands, used by local chamber of commerce.
Apex: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad here still stand.
Appie: The passenger station originally built by the N&S here still stands.
Ararat: The passenger station originally built by the Atlantic & Yadkin Railway here still stands, moved to Tobaccoville.
Asheboro: The freight station originally built by the High Point, Randleman, Asheboro & Southern Railroad here still stands.
Asheville: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the Southern Railway here still stand.
Atkinson: The passenger station originally built by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad here still stands.
Aulander: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Badin: The freight station originally built by the Southern here still stands, owned by Norfolk Southern.
Balsam: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Barber: The freight station originally built by the Southern here still stands, owned by NS.
Barber Junction: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, moved to Spencer, part of the North Carolina Museum of Transportation.
Beaufort: The passenger station originally built by the Norfolk & Southern Railway here still stands.
Belhaven: The passenger station originally built by the N&S here still stands, used by local chamber of commerce.
Belmont: The passenger station originally built by the Piedmont & Northern Railway here still stands.
Bessemer City: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Bethel: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, used as a library.
Black Mountain: The passenger station originally built by the Southern Railway here still stands.
Bladenboro: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands.
Bostic: The passenger station originally built by the Seaboard Air Line and Clinchfield Railroads here still stands.
Bowdens: The passenger station originally built by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad here still stands, privately owned.
Browns Summit: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, vacant.
Brownwood: The passenger station originally built by the Virginia-Carolina Railway here still stands.
Bryson City: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, owned by the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad.
Buie: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, moved to Raeford, used as a business.
Bunn: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, vacant.
Burgaw: The passenger station originally built by the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad here still stands.
Burlington: The passenger station originally built by the Southern Railway here still stands, restored.
Calypso: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, moved to Bowdens, used as a business.
Cameron: The passenger station originally built by the Raleigh & August Air-Line Railroad here still stands.
Candor: The passenger station originally built by the Norfolk & Southern Railway (original) here still stands, vacant.
Canton: The freight station originally built by the Southern here still stands, owned by Norfolk Southern.
Charlotte: The passenger stations originally built by the Piedmont & Northern, SAL, and Southern here still stand, the last used as an Amtrak stop.
Caroleen: The passenger station originally built by the Carolina Central Railroad here still stands, vacant.
Carpenter: The passenger station originally built by the Durham & Southern Railroad here still stands.
Carrboro: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, used as a business.
Castle Hayne: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Chadbourn: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the ACL here still stand.
Cherryville: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands, home of the Cherryville Railroad Museum.
Chocowinity: The passenger station originally built by the N&S here still stands, owned by Norfolk Southern.
Clarkton: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands.
Clayton: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, privately owned.
Clinton: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, used as a business.
Coats: The passenger station originally built by the D&S here still stands, used as a business.
Colon: The passenger station originally built by the Norfolk & Southern Railway (original) here still stands, owned by Norfolk Southern. Also, the SAL's passenger depot here remains.
Contoe: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Conway: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Cove City: The passenger station originally built by the N&S here still stands, used as a business.
Creedmoor: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands.
Dabney: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, derelict.
Dallas: The passenger station originally built by the Carolina & North Western here still stands, used as a museum.
Davidson: The passenger station originally built by the Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Railroad here still stands.
Davistown: The passenger station originally built by the East Carolina Railway here still stands, privately owned.
Delco: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, moved to Riegelwood.
Denver: The passenger station originally built by the Carolina & North Western Railway here still stands.
Dillsboro: The freight station originally built by the Southern here still stands, used as a business.
Donnaha: The freight station originally built by the Southern here still stands, used as a business.
Draper: The passenger station originally built by the Danville & Western Railroad here still stands, owned by NS.
Duncan: The passenger station originally built by the Norfolk & Southern Railway (original) here still stands, used as a business.
Dundarrach: The passenger station originally built by the A&R here still stands.
Dunn: The passenger station originally built by the Cape Fear & Northern Railroad here still stands, used as a business.
Durham: Two freight stations originally built by the Southern here still stand.
Earl: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Eden: The freight station originally built by the Southern here still stands, owned by NS.
Edenton: The passenger station originally built by the Suffolk & Carolina Railway here still stands, privately owned.
Edgemont: The passenger station originally built by the Chester & Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad here still stands, privately owned.
Ela: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Elizabeth City: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the N&S here still stand, the former used as a restaurant, the latter owned by shortline Chesapeake & Albemarle.
Elkin: The passenger station originally built by the Elkin & Allegheny Railroad here still stands, used as a business.
Ellenboro: The passenger station originally built by the Carolina Central here still stands, owned by CSX.
Elm City: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, used as a business.
Enfield: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, owned by CSX.
Erwin: The passenger station originally built by the D&S here still stands.
Evergreen: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Fair Bluff: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, used as a museum.
Fairmont: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Faison: The passenger station originally built by the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad here still stands, used as a library. Also, the freight depot built by the ACL here remains, used as a business.
Farmville: The freight station originally built by the East Carolina Railway here still stands, used as a business.
Fayetteville: The passenger stations originally built by the ACL and CF&YV here still stand, the former used as an Amtrak stop. Also, the freight depot built the N&S here remains, used as a business.
Fountain: The passenger station originally built by the EC here still stands.
Franklinton: The passenger station originally built by the R&G here still stands.
Garland: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, used as a business.
Garner: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, restored.
Gastonia: The passenger stations originally built by the N&S and Southern here still stands, the former used as an Amtrak stop.
Ghio: The passenger station originally built by the Rockingham Railroad here still stands, vacant.
Gibson: The passenger station originally built by the Carolina Central here still stands.
Glen Raven: The passenger station originally built by the Southern Railway here still stands, moved to Burlington.
Goldsboro: Goldsboro Union Station originally built by the ACL, Southern, and N&S here still stands, owned by the State of North Carolina. Also, the freight depots built by the NCRR and W&W remain.
Goldston: The passenger station originally built by the Atlantic & Yadkin Railway here still stands, vacant.
Granite Falls: The passenger station originally built by the Carolina & North Western Railway here still stands.
Granite Quarry: The passenger stations originally built by the Southern and Yadkin Railroad here still stand.
Grantsboro: The passenger station originally built by the N&S here still stands.
Greensboro: Two passenger stations originally built by the Southern here still stand, one owned by Norfolk Southern the other used as an Amtrak stop.
Greenville: The freight station originally built by the ACL here still stands, owned by CSX.
Grifton: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Gumberry: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands, vacant.
Hallsboro: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, moved to Lake Waccamaw.
Hamilton: The passenger station originally built by the Hamilton Railroad & Lumber Company here still stands, derelict.
Hamlet Two passenger stations originally built by the SAL here still stand, one restored and used as a museum.
Havelock: The freight station originally built by the A&EC here still stands.
Henderson: The freight station originally built by the SAL here still stands, used as a business.
Hendersonville: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Hickory: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the Carolina & North Western Railway here still stands, both used as a businesses.
High Point: The passenger stations originally built by the Southern and High Point, Randleman, Asheboro & Southern Railroad here still stand, the former used as an Amtrak stop.
High Rock: The freight station originally built by the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway here still stands, owned by the WSS.
Hildebran: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Hobgood: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Holly Ridge: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, used as a business, moved to Surf City.
House: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, moved to Greenville, used as a business.
Hudson: The passenger station originally built by the Carolina & North Western here still stands.
Jackson Springs: The passenger station originally built by the Jackson Springs Railroad here still stands, vacant.
Jacksonville: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Julian: The passenger station originally built by the CF&YV here still stands, moved to Ramseur, used as a business.
Kannapolis: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, owned by Norfolk Southern.
Kelford: The passenger station originally built by the ACL and SAL here still stands.
Kenansville: The passenger station originally built by the Atlantic & Carolina Railroad here still stands, privately owned, moved to Trenton.
Kenly: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Kernersville: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Kings Mountain: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Kinston: The freight station originally built by the Atlantic & East Carolina Railway here still stands.
Lake Junaluska: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, privately owned.
Lake Waccamaw: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, used as a museum.
Landis: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, used as a museum.
Lattimore: The passenger station originally built by the Carolina Central here still stands.
Laurinburg: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the Laurinburg & Southern Railroad here still stand.
Lemon Springs: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands.
Lenoir: The freight station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Lewiston: The freight station originally built by the SAL here still stands.
Lexington: The freight station originally built by the Southern here still stands, vacant.
Liberty: The passenger station originally built by the CF&YV here still stands, used as a business.
Lillington: The passenger station originally built by the N&S here still stands, used as a business.
Lincolnton: The freight stations originally built by the Carolina & Northwestern and SAL here still stand.
Linville: The passenger station originally built by the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad here still stands, used as a museum, moved to Newland.
Logan: The passenger station originally built by the CRR here still stands.
Loray: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, privately owned.
Louisburg: The freight station originally built by the SAL here still stands, vacant.
Lucama: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, used as a business.
Lumberton: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands. Also, the freight depot built by the Virginia & Carolina Southern Railroad here remains, vacant.
Macclesfield: The passenger station originally built by the EC here still stands.
Macon: The passenger station originally built by the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad here still stands.
Madison: The passenger stations originally built by the N&W and CF&YV here still stand, used as businesses.
Marion: The freight station originally built by the Southern here still stands, vacant.
Marsden: The passenger station originally built by the N&S here still stands, moved to Chocowinity.
Marshall: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Matthews: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands, used as a business.
Maury: The passenger station originally built by the East Carolina Railway here still stands, used as a business.
Maxton: The passenger station originally built by the ACL and SAL here still stands. Also, the freight depots built by the WC&R and CF&YV here remain.
Maysville: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
McAdenville: The passenger station originally built by the P&N here still stands.
McDonalds: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
McFarlan: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Metcalf: The passenger station originally built by the Lawndale Railway & Industrial Company here still stands, home of the Lawndale Historical Society.
Mildred: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, moved to Old Sparta.
Milo: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, privately owned.
Milton: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Mocksville: The freight station originally built by the Southern here still stands, vacant.
Monroe: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands.
Mooresville: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Morganton: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the Southern here still stands, the former restored and used as an Amtrak stop.
Morehead City: The passenger station originally built by the N&S here still stands. Also, the freight depots built by the N&S and Southern here remain.
Morven: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, used as a business.
Mount Airy: The passenger station originally built by the CF&YV here still stands, used as a business.
Mount Gilead: The passenger station originally built by the N&S here still stands, used as a business.
Mount Olive: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Mount Holly: The passenger station originally built by the P&N here still stands, used as a business.
Murphy: The passenger station originally built by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad here still stands.
Nashville: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, moved to Rocky Mount.
Neuse: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands.
New Bern: The passenger station originally built by the N&S, ACL, and Atlantic & North Carolina Railraod here still stands, used as a museum, restored. Also, freight depots built by the Southern, N&S, and A&EC here remain.
Newell: The freight station originally built by the Southern here still stands, vacant.
Newton: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
North Wilkesboro: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Northside: The freight station originally built by the SAL here still stands.
Old Fort: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, vacant.
Oriental: The passenger station originally built by the N&S here still stands, used as a business.
Orrum: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Overhills (Fort Bragg): The passenger and freight stations originally built by the ACL here still stand.
Oxford: The freight station originally built by the Southern here still stands, vacant.
Pactolus: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Parkersburg: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the ACL here still stand.
Parkton: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, vacant.
Parmele: The freight station originally built by the ACL here still stands, vacant.
Pendleton: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands, privately owned.
Pensacola: The passenger station originally built by the Black Mountain Railway here still stands.
Pine Hall: The passenger station originally built by the N&W here still stands.
Pine Level: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, used as a business.
Pinehurst: The freight station originally built by the Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad here still stands, used as a business.
Pinetops: The passenger station originally built by the EC here still stands.
Plymouth: The passenger stations originally built by the ACL and N&S here still stand, the former used as a museum, the latter as a business.
Polkton: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands.
Pollocksville: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Princeton: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Proctorville: The passenger station originally built by the ACL and Railroad & Charleston Railroad here still stands.
Raleigh: The passenger stations originally built by the SAL and Southern here still stand, the latter used as an Amtrak stop. Also, Raleigh Union Station here remains, used as a business. Lastly, freight depots built by the SAL, Southern, and N&S remain.
Ramseur: The freight station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Raeford: The passenger station originally built by the A&R and L&S here still stands.
Raemon: The passenger station originally built by the Maxton, Alma & Southbound Railroad here still stands.
Randleman: The passenger station originally built by the HPRA&S here still stands, used as a business.
Richfield: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Ridgecrest: The passenger station originally built by the Southern Railway here still stands, used as a business.
Roanoke Rapids: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands.
Robbins: The passenger station originally built by the N&S here still stands, used as a museum.
Robersonville: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, used as a business.
Rockingham: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands, vacant.
Rockwell: The passenger station originally built by the Yadkin Railroad here still stands.
Rocky Mount: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, used as an Amtrak stop. Also, three freight depots built by the ACL here remain.
Roduco: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, vacant.
Roseboro: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Rougemont: The passenger station originally built by the Norfolk & Western Railway here still stands.
Rowland: The passenger stations originally built by the ACL and MA&S here still stand.
Roxboro: The passenger station originally built by the Lynchburg & Durham Railroad here still stands, vacant.
Rural Hall: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the CF&YV here still stand.
Salisbury: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the Southern here still stand, the former restored and used as an Amtrak stop.
Saluda: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, used as a business.
Sanford: Sanford Union Station originally built by the ACL, SAL, and Southern here still stands, used as a business. Also, the freight depot built by the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad remains, owned by CSX.
Scotch Grove: The passenger station originally built by the L&S here still stands, moved to Laurinburg.
Scotland Neck: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, used as a business.
Seagrove: The passenger station originally built by the Asheboro & Montgomery Railroad here still stands, used as a business.
Selma: The passenger station originally built by the Southern and ACL here still stands, use as an Amtrak stop. Also, freight depots built by the North Carolina Railroad and ACL here remain.
Sharpsburg: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, used as a business.
Shelby: The freight stations originally built by the Southern and Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherfordton Railroad here still stand.
Siler City: The freight station originally built by the Southern here still stands, owned by NS.
Snow Hill: The passenger station originally built by the Kinston & Snow Hill Railroad here still stands.
Southern Pines: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the SAL here still stand.
Speed: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Spindale: The freight station originally built by the Southern here still stands, used as a business.
Spring Hope: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, used as a business.
Spruce Pine: The passenger station originally built by the CRR here still stands, owned by CSX.
Star: The passenger station originally built by the N&S here still stands.
Statesville: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, restored and used as a visitors center.
Stedman: The passenger station originally built by the CF&YV here still stands.
Stokes: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Stokesdale: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, privately owned.
Tabor City: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Thomasville: The passenger stations originally built by the North Carolina and High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroads here still stand, the former used as a museum and the latter as a business.
Tillery: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, vacant.
Tobaccoville: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Todd: The passenger station originally built by the N&W here still stands.
Topton: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, moved to Mountain View.
Troutman: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, restored.
Tryon: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands, used as a business.
Tuckerdale: The passenger station originally built by the VC here still stands, vacant.
Vandemere: The passenger station originally built by the Washington & Vandemere Railroad here still stands, used as a business.
Varina: The passenger station originally built by the D&S here still stands, moved to Fuquay-Varina, vacant.
Vaughan: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands, vacant.
Virgilina: The passenger station originally built by the A&D here still stands, used as a business.
Wagram: The passenger station originally built by the L&S here still stands, used as a business, moved to Laurinburg. Also, the L&S's freight depot here remains, vacant.
Wake Forest: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands.
Walkertown: The passenger station originally built by the N&W here still stands, used as a business.
Wallace: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the ACL here still stand.
Walstonburg: The passenger station originally built by the N&S here still stands.
Warren Plains: The passenger station originally built by the R&G here still stands, used as a business.
Washington: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the ACL here still stands.
Waxhaw: The passenger station originally built by the SAL here still stands, cut in two as rental units and situated about a half-mile east of its original location.
Weldon: The passenger station originally built by the ACL and SAL here still stands, used as a library. Also, the freight station built by the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad here remains, used as a business.
West End: The passenger station originally built by the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Railway here still stands, privately owned.
West Jefferson: The freight station originally built by the VC here still stands.
Whichards: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, privately owned.
Whitakers: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, moved to Red Oak.
Whiteville: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, vacant.
Willard: The passenger station originally built by the Southern here still stands.
Wilmington: The freight stations originally built by the W&W and ACL (three total) here still stand.
Wilson: The passenger and freight stations originally built by the ACL here still stands, the former used as an Amtrak stop.
Winston-Salem: The freight station originally built by the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway here still stands, used as a business. Also, the passenger station built by the Winston-Salem Terminal Company here remains, used as a business.
Winterville: The passenger station originally built by the ACL here still stands, moved to Greenville, used as a business.
Woodleaf: The passenger station originally built by the North Carolina Midland Railroad here still stands.
Woodsdale: The passenger station originally built by the L&D here still stands, moved to Roxboro.
Thanks to Ron Zimmerman for help with the information on this page.
While all books featuring a general history of railroad stations in this country can certainly not cover them all two books which do a very good job of covering a general history of such are Train Stations: Whistle Stops, Rail Stations of North America by author Alexander Mitchell and The American Train Depot & Roundhouse from author Hans Halberstadt. While, again, both books are just a very general overview of some of the great stations that once stood in this country they are both quite good with lots of historical photographs, including that of Grand Central Terminal and the late Pennsylvania Station (it also gives a history of the thousands of small depots that existed in most communities). Mr. Halberstadt’s book particularly covers the history of railroad stations quite well, delving deeper into exactly what went on, on a daily basis in and around them. All in all if you’re interested in stations and depots, or would like to learn more about exactly how they worked you’re sure to enjoy either book, or both. If you're interested in perhaps purchasing these books please visit The Railroad Diamond by clicking the tab in the menu to your left marked "TRD Store".