(Source: News & Observer, October 23, 2014)
RALEIGH, N.C. — Instead of wishing and hoping for the whopping $4 billion they would need to build a fast-train shortcut between Raleigh and Richmond, leaders from North Carolina and Virginia want to find a less costly way to start rolling sooner with slower trains – and build up speed later. They want to stick with the gradual, incremental approach that has characterized North Carolina’s rail service upgrades over the past two decades.
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