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[QUOTE]Originally posted by notelvis: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by dmwnc1959: [qb] [QUOTE]I really wanted Asheville service, ...[/QUOTE]Regarding Western North Carolina service to Asheville...did you happen to see this study? [URL=http://www.bytrain.org/future/pdf/wncrpt.pdf]www.bytrain.org/future/pdf/wncrpt.pdf[/URL] [/qb][/QUOTE]Hi DMWNC Asheville PASSENGER service from Salisbury was actually a short-lived thing.....say late 1969/early 1970 until August 1975. (I just did a longer post about that on the 'schedule changes' thread.) The freight always moved through Salisbury because of the yard at Spencer (and later Linwood) and because by coming through Salisbury it would not have to make a back-up move at Barber Junction. There may have been earlier through Salisbury-Asheville passenger service (like 1880's until WWI or so) but the earliest SR timetables I have show the Asheville train(s) (and there were two a day until 1967) originating in Greensboro. The shift to Salisbury (again, talked about in more detail on the 'hard to plan/schedule changes' thread) was primarily a cost-cutting manuever done shortly before Amtrak came into existence. Now, how about these schedule changes? The 'Silver Star' is rescheduled for midmoring departure from New York (and a mid-evening 7:30pm or so arrival) northbound. This would put it through Columbia, SC around 11:30pm southbound, 7:00am northbound. The 'Carolinian' is extended from Charlotte southward to Columbia making across the platform connections with the 'Silver Star'. (Opening up through service to Orlando and points south from Greensboro, High Point, Salisbury, and Charlotte via the new Columbia connection.) Finally......the new 'Asheville Special' would depart from Salisbury late morning and return early evening providing connections at Salisbury to and from both the 'Carolinian' and 'Piedmont'. True, Asheville passengers for points north of Raleigh would have to wait say 6 hours or so for the Crescent BUT then I believe an Asheville connection is going to be more marketable to passengers going to/from Florida instead of the northeast. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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