Failure to complete construction of the platforms on time has further delayed the opening of Raleigh Union Station.
The new facility was to have opened on June 27, but the slope of the platforms still does not meet the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation now expects the station to open sometime in July.
The issue is that the slope cannot be more than 2 percent. That would allow water to run off, but not be too steep as to cause such wheeled objects as strollers and wheelchairs to roll.
Officials said warm weather has hindered work to place concrete in places to fix the slope problem.
The station was originally planned to open last year, but was then delayed to a May 2018 opening, which slipped to June.
Raleigh is served by Amtrak’s Silver Star, Carolinian and Piedmont Service trains.
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