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[QUOTE]Originally posted by palmland: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by notelvis: [qb] My personal wishlist is topped by a revival of passenger service to Asheville, NC..... An alternate route might be Asheville - Hickory - Salisbury - Charlotte - Columbia. Connections to Greensboro and Raleigh at Salisbury.....connections to Florida at Columbia. [/qb][/QUOTE]Of all of the railfan daydreaming the Asheville route has a fair chance of being realized thanks to the folks at NC DOT and the work already done for the stations. If it does happen it will be because of them and not Amtrak. So a Piedmont type train could happen. I don't think it's likely it will continue on into SC as zero chance of this state providing funding and Amtrak has other priorities. Perhaps the 'Asheville Flyer' would be the train to continue from Greensboro to Raleigh-Selma-Goldsboro that NC has studied. This would allow for Selma connections north and south. Let's hope they can figure out a way to improve the speed over the old Ashville Special. It took 6.5 hours to go the 197 miles. At a leisurely 30mph avg it would not be competitive with I-40, but sure would be scenic and fun. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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