The Raleigh to Charlotte train count rises once more today with the inauguration of a third train. Piedmont trains number 73 and 76 along with Carolinian trains number 79 and 80 will be joined by Piedmont trains 75 and 74. Train 75 will leave Raleigh, NC at 11:50AM westbound/southbound for Charlotte while Train 74 will leave Charlotte, NC northbound/eastbound at 12:30PM.
Amtrak
AMTK 75
Piedmont
Raleigh, NC--Charlotte, NC
Peidmont Division, Raleigh District
Raleigh, NC (MP-H81.3)
Track #1
6/5/10
11:50AM
AMTK #1797 F59PHi
5 Cars
THIS IS NORTH CAROLINNA,CHARLOTTE, SAISBURY, KANNIPILOUS, GREENSBORO, HIGH POINT,DURHAM , AND RALIEGH. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROUD OF, WE'RE SMALL TOWNS. BUT WE HAVE "RAILS" TRAINS SHOOTING EVERYWHERE 80MPHTRACKS
80mphtracks 1 month ago
who was the sponsor?
howardkevinm 6 months ago
@granskare If nothing else, the European system has the possibility of making it so that the freight railroads can't bog down Amtrak. The problem is that Amtrak converted the private passenger service into a government system, I don't see it going the other way. That would be dumb.
ckildegaard 7 months ago
@Namerifrats It's worked so far. The number of passengers using the service tripled after the third round trip was added.
gibb1991 1 year ago
Cool! Too bad 1792 couldn't live to see this.
TommyBNSF 1 year ago
One step closer to the South East high speed rail corridor
southparkline1 1 year ago
@Namerifrats the railroads in the UK are all privately owned...trackage is in government hands...check it out...don't make a judgment based on what have now...check Europe...even Finland does better...holiday greets to you :)
granskare 1 year ago
NICE!!!!
CoastStarlight11 1 year ago
@Namerifrats Sorry, I'm just not as enthusiastic about this as you guys are. lol
Namerifrats 1 year ago
More taxpayer money down the tube and another Amtrak to delay us.....
Namerifrats 1 year ago