All aboard! Massive Raleigh-to-Charlotte train project looks to slash travel times (PHOTOS)

A massive rail project from Raleigh to Charlotte is nearing its completion date— which means the N.C. Department of Transportation is ready to show off its bullish plan to get you off the interstate and onto a train. The sun had barely risen over the Raleigh skyline Tuesday when state executives, including Commerce Secretary John Skvarla, boarded the Charlotte-bound train. “It’s been an Amtrak station since the 1980s,” says Jason Orthner, manager of design and construction at NCDOT’s…

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