| Carolinian | |
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 Northbound Carolinian at the Raleigh, NC station |
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| Type | Inter-city rail |
| System | Amtrak |
| Termini | New York City Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Operation | |
| Owner | Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern/NCRR (track) |
| Operator(s) | Amtrak |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 704 miles (1,133 km) |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 81⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Piedmont | |
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| Info | |
| Type | Inter-city rail |
| System | Amtrak |
| Termini | Raleigh, North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Operation | |
| Owner | Norfolk Southern/NCRR (track) |
| Operator(s) | Amtrak |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 173 miles (278 km) |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 81⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
The Piedmont (trains 73/76) is a daily passenger train that travels between Raleigh and Charlotte with a run time of 3 hours and 9 minutes including intermediate stops at Cary, Durham, Burlington, Greensboro, High Point, Salisbury, and Kannapolis. The train departs Raleigh at 7:00am, arrives at Cary at 7:12am, arrives at Durham at 7:32am, arrives at Burlington at 8:08am, arrives at Greensboro at 8:33am, arrives at High Point at 8:50am, arrives at Salisbury at 9:24am, arrives at Kannapolis at 9:40am and arrives at Charlotte at 10:12 am. The return trip departs from Charlotte at 5:30pm and arrives in Raleigh at 8:40pm.
The Carolinian (trains 79/80) is a daily passenger train that runs between Charlotte, North Carolina and New York City. The northbound train 80 departs Charlotte station at 7:40am with intermediate North Carolina stops at Kannapolis, Salisbury, High Point, Greensboro, Burlington, Durham, Cary, Raleigh, Selma, Wilson, and Rocky Mount and on into the Northeast and arrives in New York City at 8:58pm. The southbound train 79 departs New York City at 7:05am runs through the Northeast with intermediate North Carolina stops at Rocky Mount, Wilson, Selma, Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Burlington, Greensboro, High Point, Salisbury, Kannapolis and arrives in Charlotte at 8:14pm. Onboard services include coach, business class, and a cafe car.
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Route details
The Piedmont and Carolinian operate over Amtrak, CSX Transportation, and Norfolk Southern Railway trackage:
- Amtrak Northeast Corridor, New York to Washington
- CSX Landover Subdivision, RF&P Subdivision, Richmond Terminal Subdivision, North End Subdivision, and South End Subdivision, Washington to Selma
- NS, Selma to Charlotte
The Carolinian and Piedmont are financed by and operated in partnership with the State of North Carolina (through the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT)).
Rolling stock
The motive power for the Piedmont is provided by 3 state-owned locomotives, of which two are EMD F59PHIs numbered 1755 (City of Salisbury) and 1797 (City of Asheville), and one (City of Raleigh) is a rebuilt
State owned passenger cars on the Piedmont are refurbished coach cars originally built by Pullman-Standard and the St. Louis Car Company in the 1960s for the Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific. There are two lounge cars and one combination car originally built by the St. Louis Car Company in the 1950s and used by the United States Army.
All rolling stock is painted in special North Carolina livery (different from the national Amtrak livery), in a blue and silver color scheme with red accents.
Station stops
Carolinian derailment
On August 2, 2005, around 12:35PM, a late northbound Carolinian train 80 (Charlotte to New York) collided with a dump truck near Hammond Road and Rush Street in Raleigh after the truck drove around the lowered gates. The train was carrying 182 passengers and 14 people were injured and two people killed which were the motorist and his passenger from Raleigh. [2]
External links
References
- ^ List of Piedmont equipment owned by NCDOT (PDF format)
- ^ http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-08-02-amtrak-derailed_x.htm
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