Carolinian and Piedmont
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| Northbound Carolinian at the Raleigh, NC station | |
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| Type | Inter-city rail |
| System | Amtrak |
| Terminals | New York City Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| Owner | Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern/NCRR (track) |
| Operator(s) | Amtrak |
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| Line length | 704 miles (1,133 km) |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) |
| Piedmont | |
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| Type | Inter-city rail |
| System | Amtrak |
| Terminals | Raleigh, North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| Owner | Norfolk Southern/NCRR (track) |
| Operator(s) | Amtrak |
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| Line length | 173 miles (278 km) |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) |
The Piedmont (trains 73/74) is a daily passenger train that travels betweenRaleigh to Charlotte with a run time of 3 hours and 9 minutes including intermediate stops at Cary, Durham, Burlington, Greensboro, High Point, Salisbury, and Kannapolis. The train departs Raleigh at 7:00am, and arrives in Charlotte by 10:09am. The return trip departs from Charlotte at 5:30pm and arrives in Raleigh at 8:40pm. On June 4, 2008, it was announced that an additional midday frequency of the Piedmont train will be added between Raleigh and Charlotte in response to strong ridership growth, bringing the total number of trains in the important Raleigh-Charlotte corridor to three. This additional train is estimated to take six to twelve months to bring online. [1]
The Carolinian (trains 79/80) is a daily passenger train that runs between Charlotte, North Carolina and New York City. The northbound train 80 departs Charlotte station at 7:40am with intermediate North Carolina stops at Kannapolis, Salisbury, High Point, Greensboro, Burlington, Durham, Cary, Raleigh, Selma, Wilson, and Rocky Mount and on into the Northeast and arrives in New York City at 8:58pm. The southbound train 79 departs New York City at 7:05am runs through the Northeast with intermediate North Carolina stops at Rocky Mount, Wilson, Selma, Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Burlington, Greensboro, High Point, Salisbury, Kannapolis and arrives in Charlotte at 8:58pm. Onboard services include coach, business class, and a cafe car.
The Piedmont and Carolinian are part of North Carolinia's Amtrak fleet of two trains that provides daily service to Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte, nine other North Carolina cities and to the Northeast. The service is sponsored by the North Carolina Department of Transportation and paid for through state funding and Amtrak.
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The Piedmont and Carolinian operate over Amtrak, CSX Transportation, and Norfolk Southern Railway trackage:
- Amtrak Northeast Corridor, New York to Washington
- CSX Landover Subdivision, RF&P Subdivision, Richmond Terminal Subdivision, North End Subdivision, and South End Subdivision, Washington to Selma
- NS, Selma to Charlotte
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[edit] Carolinian Tardiness
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The Carolinian is often several hours late during its southbound run (New York to Charlotte), due to track traffic on congested railways in Virginia and North Carolina.
[edit] Carolinian Derailment
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On August 2, 2005, around 12:35PM, a late northbound Carolinian train 80 (Charlotte to New York) collided with a dump truck near Hammond Road and Rush Street in Raleigh after the truck drove around the lowered gates. The train was carrying 182 passengers and 14 people were injured and two people killed which were the motorist and his passenger from Raleigh. It knocked over the seven cars and the train's engine.
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