By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: February 10,2011
Amtrak train service between Raleigh and Charlotte will be suspended for 10 weeks starting Monday. The disruption in the Piedmont and Carolinian service will allow upgrades to be made to the railway. The North Carolina Department of Transportation, in a news release, said the project will “enhance the ride, making it smoother, with better on-time reliability this spring.” Norfolk [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: January 6,2011
Amtrak’s Piedmont midday service between Raleigh and Charlotte will be suspended for two months starting next month so upgrades can be made to the railway. Service will be suspended from Feb. 14 to April 21. During that period, Friday, Saturday and Sunday service, the Piedmont morning and evening service and the Carolinian morning and evening service will have [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: October 15,2010
North Carolina’s Amtrak Piedmont, the Amtrak train that travels between Raleigh and Charlotte four times daily, saw a 46 percent increase in ridership in fiscal 2010, the largest increase among Amtrak routes in the nation, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The Piedmont train’s increased number of riders stemmed in part from the [...]
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