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North Carolina Central University - - Transportation

The closest airport is Raleigh-Durham International Airport, which is located at a distance of 13 miles from the city center of Durham, NC.

 

Getting around in Durham, NC

Public Transportation

 

Bus

 

The public transportation service is provided by the Durham Area Transit Authority (DATA), which runs around the more urban parts of Durham, mostly every half hour, and the Triangle Transit Authority, which provides routes between Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, as well as Research Triangle Park and the Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

 

Train

 

The city is served by Amtrak, which has the Carolinian and Piedmont lines that stop in the city, at the rail station, formerly located on Chapel Hill Street, in downtown Durham, currently located on Main Street, close to the DATA bus system’s downtown terminal.

 

Major Highways and Roads

 

US 15-501 - links Durham, Chapel Hill, and other Triangle communities with the Sandhills.

I-85 - merges with I-40 from Greensboro to Hillsborough, just west of Durham.

I-40 - also known as the Sam Hunt Freeway - merges with I-85, just west of Durham.

 

How to get to North Carolina Central University campus?

Easy! Just follow the driving directions listed below!

 

From Raleigh-Durham International Airport: Head southwest on Aviation Pkwy., toward Nelson Road, and take the 1st right onto Nelson Road. Turn right at Pleasant Grove Church Road and continue onto Airport Road. Turn left at Page Road, and then right to merge onto I-40 W. Take exit 279B to merge onto N Carolina 147 N, toward Durham/Downtown, and take exit 12A, toward Fayetteville St/NC Carolina Univ. Turn left at Fayetteville Road. NCCU will be on the left.