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RAILaWAY WEEKEND
WILLIAMSBURG, VA
from
FAYETTEVILLE, NC
Leave Friday @ 1:04pm
Return Sunday @ 3:44pm
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North Carolina 
By Rail

The Definitive Guidebook for adventurous and environmentally-minded tourists 
and business travelers
Published in the Summer, 2012:
all information still current
Available for purchase online in
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TRAIN TRAVEL 
FROM RALEIGH
scroll down for destinations
Go to Order page for other products
(vintage railroad timetables and other memorabilia)
Critique of John Locke Foundation's policy report, April 2011, "Should  NCDOT Add More Piedmont Trains?"
Click here

Stressed?  
Rx, take one train daily
but first, read article at
bottom of this page.....

SEARCH FOR TRAIN DESTINATIONS FROM RALEIGH, NC

Type the first few letters of a City Name in the "Destination" box,
OR select from the available states and Canadian provinces.
Online Database by Caspio
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Arrival Time with "*" indicates Next Day Arrival
Change Train city with "#" indicates Overnight Stay Required
To confirm schedule details including train numbers, fares and travel restrictions, consult www.amtrak.com

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Download a printable list of possible Amtrak destinations from Raleigh, including train numbers and change-train locations
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RIDING NORTH CAROLINA TRAINS 
IS LESS STRESSFUL THAN DRIVING

From Raleigh or Cary, you can conveniently ride an Amtrak train to seven cities along I-85 (Durham, Burlington, Greensboro, High Point, Salisbury, Kannapolis and Charlotte) and two sizable cities to the east (Wilson and Rocky Mount), and return home the same day.

For a return trip, train travel has six segments – home-to-station drive, wait-for-train, the train trip going, wait-for-return-train, the return train trip, and the station-to-home drive. Driving a car just has two, going and returning. Each segment can produce a different stress level even on good weather days; on bad weather days, the stress of driving will be higher for the driver and passengers, while train passengers may see no variation at all.....read more

Amtrak Video, 4/3/13
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