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[QUOTE]Originally posted by palmland: [QB] Sojourner - say it isn't so, that you would see the Palmetto disappear! That is the only train that serves coastal Carolina during daylight hours. By the time it gets to Rocky Mount it is often standing room only for the reasons noted by Notelvis. That train really does serve a useful purpose to all the smaller communities along its route - and the very nice (2/1 leather seating adjacent to the cafe) business class is often filled with 'northerners' exploring the charms of Charleston and Savannah. If Amtrak would do a little local advertising it clearly would attract riders for additional cars. In the day, its predecessors the Palmland and Gulf Coast Special often added coaches enroute with 10 or so by the time it arrived Washington. Could that service be improved? Absolutely. The schedule is too close to that of the Carolinian to Charlotte. The train should be extended, again, to Jacksonville. Present schedule would work with a post 6am Jax departure and arrival before midnight. If Amtrak must reduce trains, an improved combined Star and Meteor a la Empire Builder or Starlight would be my vote with the Palmetto handling the local business during daylight. A connection in Jax to a New Orleans to Florida train as Ocala Mike suggests is another good possibility. Next weekend I will again make use of the train for a college reunion in Ashland. I will be sure and count all the different varieties of pine trees for GBN. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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