The Carolinian is a train running daily between Charlotte, North Carolina and New York, New York. The train does not have a sleeping car. There are two trains a day, one in each direction. Each train leaves its origin station (Charlotte or New York) in the morning and arrives at its final destination in the evening. On-Board services include Coach, Business Class and Dinette Car. There are various types of trains designed for particular purposes, see rail transport operations. ... For other places or people named Charlotte, see Charlotte (disambiguation). ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ...

The Piedmont is a train running daily between Raleigh, North Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina. There is one train a day leaving Raleigh at 7:15am, arriving in Charlotte by 10:40am. It begins the return journey from Charlotte at 5:30pm and returns to Raleigh at 8:55pm. On-Board services comprise Coach only. Downtown Raleigh Skyline Raleigh is the capital of North Carolina, a state of the United States of America. ... For other places or people named Charlotte, see Charlotte (disambiguation). ...

The Carolinian and Piedmont are financed and operated jointly between Amtrak and the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Amtrak is the trademark name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ...

The tracks used were originally part of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Southern Railway systems. The following lines are used: The Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting mark: PRR) was an American railroad existing 1846–1968, after which it merged into Penn Central Transportation. ... Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | District of Columbia railroads | Virginia railroads ... The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (AAR reporting mark ACL) was an American railroad that existed between 1880s and 1967, when it merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, its longtime rival, to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. ... The Southern Railway (AAR designation SOU) was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined since the 1830s. ...

• See Northeast Corridor for the PRR lines north of Washington.
• Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Washington to Richmond
• Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac and Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Connection (RF&P) in Richmond
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad main line, Richmond to Selma
• North Carolina Railroad (Southern), Selma to Charlotte

An Amtrak train on the NEC in New Jersey, as seen from an NJ Transit train. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the... Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | District of Columbia railroads | Virginia railroads ... Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States of America. ... The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (AAR reporting mark ACL) was an American railroad that existed between 1880s and 1967, when it merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, its longtime rival, to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. ... Selma is a town located in Johnston County, North Carolina. ... For other places or people named Charlotte, see Charlotte (disambiguation). ...

Stops

(From north to south)

• New York City (Pennsylvania Station)
• Newark, New Jersey (Pennsylvania Station)
• Iselin, New Jersey (Metropark)
• Trenton, New Jersey
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (30th Street Station)
• Wilmington, Delaware
• Baltimore, Maryland (Pennsylvania Station)
• Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI Rail Station)
• Washington, D.C. (Union Station)
• Alexandria, Virginia
• Quantico, Virginia
• Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Richmond, Virginia
• Petersburg, Virginia
• Rocky Mount, North Carolina (Greyhound bus connections to Wilmington, NC)
• Wilson, North Carolina
• Selma, North Carolina
• Raleigh, North Carolina
• Cary, North Carolina
• Durham, North Carolina
• Burlington, North Carolina
• Greensboro, North Carolina
• High Point, North Carolina
• Salisbury, North Carolina
• Kannapolis, North Carolina
• Charlotte, North Carolina

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External links

• NCDOT Rail Division
• Amtrak's page on the Carolinian and Piedmont