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NCDOT-OWNED RAIL CORRIDORS
(in order of acquisition)

Corridor
Location
Date acquired
Length (miles)
Mileposts
Murphy Branch
Andrews
to Murphy
7-18-88
14.23
T 100.1-114.2
Franklin County
Franklinton
to Louisburg
11-2-90
9.6
SC 130.2-139.84
Piedmont &
Northern (Charlotte)
Charlotte
11-27-91
0.77
SFC 0.75-1.52
Piedmont &
Northern
(Mt. Holly)
Mt. Holly to
Gastonia & Belmont
12-5-91
11.6 (main)
3.0 (spur)
SFC 11.39-23.0
SFF 0.13-3.13
Maiden Branch
S. Newton to
Lincoln Co. line
4-13-93
6.3
HG 70.07-77.0
Wilmington
& Weldon
Wallace to
Castle Hayne
8-4-94
27.1
AC 208.07-235.17
Durham &
South Carolina
Durham to NC 54
8-18-95
5.07 (main)
3.07 (spur)
DD 32.63-37.7
DD 36.09-39.16
Durham &
South Carolina
Chatham-Wake Co.
lineto New Hill
8-18-95
7.35
DD 14.1-21.45
Lincolnton
(C&NW)
Lincolnton
1-27-97
0.61
HG 63.64-64.25
Durham &
South Carolina
Fayetteville Street to
Chatham-Wake Co. line
8-6-98
6.34
DD 21.45-27.79
Wilmington Lead
Fourth Street to McRae Street
6-12-02
.25
Nash County
Railroad
Momeyer to Spring Hope
11-02-05
4.3
ABA 134.8-139.1
Winston-Salem
R-Line
Downtown Winston-Salem
12-26-06
2.0
R-124-126