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NC gets federal grant to buy corridor for Raleigh-Richmond high-speed rail
Good morning, North Carolina DUers. Hat tip, GreaterGreaterWashington
Sat Sep 26, 2020: Plans for high-speed rail move forward in two southern states
National links: Plans for high-speed rail move forward in two southern states
By Jeff Wood (Contributor) September 25, 2020
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North Carolina and Texas get the go ahead for high-speed rail plans: This week high-speed rail moved forward in North Carolina and Texas. The North Carolina Department of Transportation received a federal grant to purchase right of way for a passenger line that would run from Raleigh to Richmond, Virginia. At the same time, a planned passenger line between Houston and Dallas received important approvals from the Federal Railroad Administration to move forward. (Richard Stradling | News and Observer & Dug Begley | Houston Chronicle)
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By Jeff Wood (Contributor) September 25, 2020
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North Carolina and Texas get the go ahead for high-speed rail plans: This week high-speed rail moved forward in North Carolina and Texas. The North Carolina Department of Transportation received a federal grant to purchase right of way for a passenger line that would run from Raleigh to Richmond, Virginia. At the same time, a planned passenger line between Houston and Dallas received important approvals from the Federal Railroad Administration to move forward. (Richard Stradling | News and Observer & Dug Begley | Houston Chronicle)
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LOCAL
NC gets federal grant to buy corridor for Raleigh-Richmond high-speed rail
BY RICHARD STRADLING
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 06:06 PM
RALEIGH
The effort to establish high-speed passenger rail service between Raleigh and Richmond, Virginia, got a boost Friday with a $47.5 million federal grant to the N.C. Department of Transportation. ... The money will allow the state to buy a rail line between Raleigh and Ridgeway, near the Virginia state line, from freight railroad CSX. The grant was announced late Friday by Democratic Reps. David Price and G.K. Butterfield and both of North Carolina’s Republican U.S. senators, Richard Burr and Thom Tillis.
North Carolina and Virginia have been planning for high-speed passenger trains through the two states since 1992 and have long coveted access to CSX’s so-called S-line between Raleigh and Petersburg.
Last December, Virginia struck a deal to buy 65 miles of the CSX rail corridor from the state line north to near Petersburg. CSX also agreed to allow NCDOT to eventually acquire about 10 miles of railroad right-of-way in Warren County, between Ridgeway and the Virginia state line. ... The tracks on the CSX line between Ridgeway and Petersburg were removed in the 1980s.
There are still tracks on the section between Raleigh and Ridgeway, but they are “under-utilized” by CSX, according to Jason Orthner, who heads NCDOT’s rail division. CSX moves most of its freight on the so-called A-line through Fayetteville, Wilson and Rocky Mount, where the company is building a terminal to shift cargo containers between trucks and trains.
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RICHARD STRADLING
https://twitter.com/RStradling
919-829-4739
Richard Stradling covers transportation for The News & Observer. Planes, trains and automobiles, plus ferries, bicycles, scooters and just plain walking. Also, hospitals during the coronavirus outbreak. He’s been a reporter or editor for 33 years, including the last 21 at The N&O. 919-829-4739, rstradling@newsobserver.com.
NC gets federal grant to buy corridor for Raleigh-Richmond high-speed rail
BY RICHARD STRADLING
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 06:06 PM
RALEIGH
The effort to establish high-speed passenger rail service between Raleigh and Richmond, Virginia, got a boost Friday with a $47.5 million federal grant to the N.C. Department of Transportation. ... The money will allow the state to buy a rail line between Raleigh and Ridgeway, near the Virginia state line, from freight railroad CSX. The grant was announced late Friday by Democratic Reps. David Price and G.K. Butterfield and both of North Carolina’s Republican U.S. senators, Richard Burr and Thom Tillis.
North Carolina and Virginia have been planning for high-speed passenger trains through the two states since 1992 and have long coveted access to CSX’s so-called S-line between Raleigh and Petersburg.
Last December, Virginia struck a deal to buy 65 miles of the CSX rail corridor from the state line north to near Petersburg. CSX also agreed to allow NCDOT to eventually acquire about 10 miles of railroad right-of-way in Warren County, between Ridgeway and the Virginia state line. ... The tracks on the CSX line between Ridgeway and Petersburg were removed in the 1980s.
There are still tracks on the section between Raleigh and Ridgeway, but they are “under-utilized” by CSX, according to Jason Orthner, who heads NCDOT’s rail division. CSX moves most of its freight on the so-called A-line through Fayetteville, Wilson and Rocky Mount, where the company is building a terminal to shift cargo containers between trucks and trains.
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RICHARD STRADLING
https://twitter.com/RStradling
919-829-4739
Richard Stradling covers transportation for The News & Observer. Planes, trains and automobiles, plus ferries, bicycles, scooters and just plain walking. Also, hospitals during the coronavirus outbreak. He’s been a reporter or editor for 33 years, including the last 21 at The N&O. 919-829-4739, rstradling@newsobserver.com.