# Rail Line to Fuquay-Varina **URL:** \ **Category:** Transit and Transportation\ **Created:** [May 30, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/rail-line-to-fuquay-varina/201 "2018-05-30T19:44:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 338
**Author:** ![keita](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/keita/32/354_2.png) [@keita](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/keita)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/rail-line-to-fuquay-varina/201/338 "2022-11-15T02:12:32Z")
> [@orulz](#): > > It’s often said that Norfolk Southern jealously guards their route from Charlotte to Greensboro […] as a potential way to bypass the NCRR […] Even if they never lose access, they can use it as a bargaining chip in negotiations to make it seem like they don’t actually _need_ the NCRR, and maybe get a cheaper lease rate. > > [But] it’s pretty obvious they’re not really serious about keeping this route as a bypass. [For example, there’s] storm damage between Winston-Salem and Clemmons that has sat unused and unrepaired for a decade or more. Do you think NS acting tihs way simply because of pure stubbornness and corporate greed? Or do you think they have a genuine business case but their strong belief in that is giving them tunnel vision (and thus keeping them from looking at alternatives, such as investing more in double-tracking and better scheduling technologies so that they can increase track capacity)? > [@dbearhugnc](#): > > Aberdeen, Carolina & Western RR completed their purchase of the original [Norfolk Southern] alignment from Gulf to Charlotte in 2019. Better hope NS doesn’t do a hostile takeover of this short line… Partnering with ACWR would be a perfect way to get a hold of right-of-way for a truly high-speed rail line between Raleigh and Charlotte without having to make what @orulz called [the “deal with the Devil”](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-eastern-nc-passenger-rail/3051/16). --- _[View the full topic](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/rail-line-to-fuquay-varina/201)._