Southeast/Atlantic Spine

Fayetteville, NC

Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Cary, NC (51.3 mi).

About Fayetteville

Fayetteville is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. Fort Bragg, the world's largest military installation, is located on the outskirts of the city.

Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.

Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)

⚠️ All figures below are parametric estimates scaled from the proposal's own budget ($8.5T ÷ 17,000 mi ≈ $500M per mile), not engineering quotes. Methodology is shown so you can check the math.

Item	Basis	Estimate
Terminal construction	Mid-size city — metro tier (range $1–2B)	$1.5B
Land acquisition	Regional factor 1.0× on $200M base	$200M
Track: Fayetteville → Cary	51.3 mi × $500M/mi	$25.6B
Annual operations (share)	Staffing, power, maintenance	$30M/yr
Stop total (excl. annual ops)		$27.3B

Best terminal location (proposed)

The Amtrak station district in downtown Fayetteville. Downtown Fayetteville's Amtrak station already serves one of North Carolina's busiest rail stops, with downtown redevelopment creating transit-oriented opportunities. The terminal would serve Fort Liberty's military community — the region's dominant travel generator — and the Sandhills corridor toward Cary.

Before / after

Before and after aerial mock-up of the proposed maglev terminal at Fayetteville, NC

Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.

🛤️ Infill stops toward Cary: the proposal envisions more stops than cities — smaller stations between majors. Plausible infills on this leg:

Spring Lake, NC — town at Fort Liberty's gate.
Lillington, NC — Harnett County seat on US-401.
Fuquay-Varina, NC — fast-growing Wake County suburb.

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