Union Station (Wilmington, North Carolina)

[4] The Atlantic Coast Line's history with the city dated back to 1840 when the predecessor railroad, Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad opened a 161 mile route to Weldon, North Carolina to the northwest.

[5] successors to Tar Heel: The station served additional unnamed trains: In the latter 1950s, the directors of the remaining tenant, the ACL, viewed the location as remote from the main network.

[1][11] The ACL merged with the SAL in 1967 to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad; and in 1968 the last train, the Palmetto, left the station.

[11] The station was demolished in 1970 and its location now is the site of much of Cape Fear Community College's campus.

[11] The North Carolina Department of Transportation as of 2007 was studying the resumption of intercity passenger train service from Raleigh through Goldsboro to Wilmington.