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Not that readers here need to be persuaded, but the following item is from this weeks' 'Hotline' on the NARP website -
While Amtrak’s ridership has been on the rise across the nation, North Carolina’s rail planners have something special to celebrate, with the state’s Amtrak ridership increasing by an astonishing 15% in fiscal 2010, which ended Sept. 30.
Amtrak North Carolina carried 791,157 passengers in fiscal year 2010, up from 688,595 in FY 2009. Compare that to a 5.7% increase in total Amtrak ridership nationwide.
Additionally, the state owned Piedmont had the largest increase of any train in the nation, with a 46% increase over last year, due largely to the addition of midday service.
“We are pleased to see that more and more people are taking the train,” State Transportation Secretary Gene Conti said in a statement. “We are confident that as we add more schedule options and increase travel speed, this trend will continue.”
-------------------- David Pressley
Advocating for passenger trains since 1973!
Climbing toward 5,000 posts like the Southwest Chief ascending Raton Pass. Cautiously, not nearly as fast as in the old days, and hoping to avoid premature reroutes. Posts: 4203 | From: Western North Carolina | Registered: Feb 2004
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Now if we could only get Asheville back on the map......it's been 'studied' since 1994.
Of course next Sunday is the 2nd annual North Carolina Transportation Museum Excursion from Spencer (Salisbury) to Asheville. The one passenger train for 2010 will be my first train ride up Old Fort Mountain since 1987.
-------------------- David Pressley
Advocating for passenger trains since 1973!
Climbing toward 5,000 posts like the Southwest Chief ascending Raton Pass. Cautiously, not nearly as fast as in the old days, and hoping to avoid premature reroutes. Posts: 4203 | From: Western North Carolina | Registered: Feb 2004
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