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Archive -- Carolinas Association for Passenger Trains Meeting
Date
Saturday, May 18, 2019 12:00 PM Saturday, May 18, 2019 2:45 PM
Location
Raleigh Union Station 510 West Martin Street Raleigh NC 27601
The Carolinas Association for Passenger Trains will meet in Raleigh, N.C. on Saturday, May 18th at Raleigh Union Station
The meeting will begin at 12:00n and will conclude by 2:45pm
Attendees are encouraged to obtain lunch at nearby restaurants in advance and bring it to the meeting
Meeting Agenda
- Secretary's Report
- Treasurer's Report
- Update on the resolution drive in South Carolina in support of expanded rail passenger service
- Update on NC On Track
- Update on news in North Carolina and South Carolina affecting transit and rail passenger service
- Update on CAPT newsletter and website issues
- Amtrak update
- Reports by Officers and Directors
- Planning for future meetings
"The National Association of Railroad Passengers has done yeoman work over the years and in fact if it weren’t for NARP, I'd be surprised if Amtrak were still in possession of as a large a network as they have. So they've done good work, they're very good on the factual case."
Robert Gallamore, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University and former Federal Railroad Administration official, Director of Transportation Center at Northwestern University
November 17, 2005, on The Leonard Lopate Show (with guest host Chris Bannon), WNYC New York.