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31681
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Offering a view of North Carolina that you can’t get on the interstate, the Raleigh to Charlotte train is becoming increasingly popular as a tourist vehicle. When Amtrak turned down a request from NCDOT to provide this same day service, the state of North Carolina decided to purchase its own line.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 64 Issue 1, Jun 1996, p16-21, il, por Periodical Website
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25600
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The CAROLINIAN, an experimental Raleigh-to-Charlotte train sponsored by the state and Amtrak, is attracting a variety of riders. Funded by the legislature on a one-year trial bases, the train has to attract about 100,000 riders in a year to meet Amtrak’s ridership projection to keep the train on track.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 2 Issue 22, Nov 12-Dec 6 1984, p3, por Periodical Website