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AIR: International airports: Charlotte/Douglas International Airport (CLT) (website: www.charlotteairport.com), 13km (8 miles) west of Charlotte, offers direct domestic and international services to more than 150 cities with over 500 daily flights. The Carolina Transportation Airport Express shuttle service operates to the uptown area, major hotels and most business districts. Car hire and fixed-fare taxis are also available.
Raleigh/Durham International Airport (RDU) (website: www.rdu.com) is situated 6km (4 miles) from the Research Triangle Park and serves ten million passengers a year. The Raleigh/Durham Shuttle leaves every 30 minutes to the city centre.
RAIL: A number of Amtrak (tel: (800) 872 7245 (toll free); website: www.amtrak.com) routes pass through the State, including three daily New York–Miami ‘Silver Service’ trains (one of which stops in Raleigh) and the New York–New Orleans ‘Crescent’, which stops at Charlotte. The ‘Piedmont’ provides a daily round-trip passenger train service from Raleigh to Charlotte, while the ‘Carolinian’ makes a day trip from Charlotte to Raleigh possible. The latter train continues on to Washington, DC, and New York City.
ROAD: North Carolina has a good road network of highways and scenic byways allowing easy access to all parts of the State. Interstate 40 is the major east–west artery, crossing the State from Wilmington on the Atlantic Coast to the Great Smoky Mountains via Raleigh, Durham and Winston-Salem; the I-85 links it with Charlotte. A State-wide system of designated Bicycling Highways covers 4830km (3000 miles) of roads.
Approximate bus travel times: From Raleigh to Durham is 35 minutes, to Chapel Hill is 1 hour 20 minutes, to Richmond is 3-4 hours, and to North Charleston is 8 hours. From Durham to Chapel Hill is 35 minutes, and to Washington, DC is 6 hours. From Asheville to Charlotte is 3 hours, to Knoxville is 3 hours, and to Atlanta is 7 hours.
URBAN: The Triangle Transit Authority (website: www.ridetta.org) provides a bus service between the metropolitan areas of Raleigh, Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill.
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