Raleigh, Aug. 14—Seaboard Airline Railway will be permitted to discontinue two trains, Nos. 31 and 34, between Wilmington and Charlotte, and two others, Nos. 41 and 44, between Raleigh and Hamlet, according to an order just handed down by the State Corporation Commission. The trains will be discontinued after August 29th.
At the request of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, steps are being taken to increase the bus service between Raleigh and Charlotte, which will make connections with busses at Sanford from Aberdeen and Hamlet, so that the travel affected by the removal of the trains may be taken care of. Plans are also being made for bus express service between the points affected by the removal of these trains.
At present there is but one round-trip bus a day between Raleigh and Charlotte, but assurances have been received that this service will materially increase to take care of the traffic, both passenger and express, that will result from the removal of the trains, so that neither shippers nor passengers will be inconvenienced. The State Corporation Commission, through its bus division, is assisting the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce in arranging the additional bus transportation.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Aug. 14, 1926
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