Train making first trip Thursday morning from Raleigh to Pinehurst for U.S. Open

Thursday morning, a special train service will take its first trip from Raleigh to the U.S. Open. This is a brand new way for golf fans to travel to Pinehurst and a game changer when it comes to convenience for people in the Triangle.
Posted 6/13/2024, 10:26:00 AM Updated 6/13/2024, 4:39:46 PM

NEED TO DO.

>> PINEHURST IS PACKED AS PRO

GOLFERS AND SPECTATORS TAKEN

THE U.S. OPEN TO WRAL'S.

JEFF HOGAN JOINS US LIVE FROM

PINEHURST TO STAY AS COOL AS

CAN BE. JEFF. THE OPEN EXPRESS

TRAIN RIDE EVEN MORE PEOPLE TO

THE COURSE THIS MORNING.

>> OH, YEAH. DID AND WHAT A WAY

TO ENTER THE COURSE, RIGHT?

I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT

DIFFERENT WAYS OF GETTING HERE.

ALL THE STREETS ARE CLOSE.

YOU CAN GET CARS IN HERE.

SO WHAT FOLKS DID IF YOU'RE

NOT PARKING SOMEWHERE IN TAKING

A BUS AND SOME PEOPLE CAME OUT

OF RALEIGH, I'M GOING TO SHOW

YOU THE STREETS IN RIGHT HERE

BEHIND ME NOW, THE FIRST ONE

YOU SEE THERE, THE COLORFUL

REDWINE THAT IS A CEREMONIAL

TRAINED THERE. IT SITS THERE

ALL THE TIME. THEY'RE USING

THAT FOR HOSPITALITY AND THINGS

LIKE THAT. BUT THE ONE RIGHT

BEHIND IT THERE, THE BLUE

ENGINE THAT YOU SEE THAT IS

THAT RAIN THAT CAME IN FROM

UNION STATION OUT OF RALEIGH.

IT STOPPED IN CARY AND IT WILL

HEAD BACK HOME AT 06:35PM,

TONIGHT AND ECO-FRIENDLY GREEN

INITIATIVE BRING FOLKS INTO THE

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