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Southern Railway Passenger Timetable


This page September 23, 1999.



The following schedules are taken from a brochure on the SR trains effective June 1, 1971.  This features the Crescent.  If you have any other timetables to contribute, please e-mail me.  Comments, questions, suggestions? E-mail me.

Bold and light type: 12:01 midnight to 12:00 noon is shown in light-faced type and from 12:01 noon to 12:00 midnight in dark-faced type.

 

Train 1 & 2
The Southern Crescent

1
Operates
Tuesdays
Thursdays
Sundays

Tri-Weekly
Between
Birmingham-New Orleans

2
Operates
Mondays
Wednesdays
Fridays

Read Down

Milepost

Station

Read Up

12:45

798.9

Lv. Birmingham ..................... (CT) Ala. Ar.

1:40

1:56

854.3

Tuscaloosa ................................... "

12:27

f 2:21

879.7

Akron .......................................... "

f 12:01

m 2:30

888.9

Eutaw .......................................... "

m 11:53

m 2:55

914.9

Livingston .................................... "

m 11:28

f 3:04

924.2

York ........................................... "

f 11:20

3:50

951.3

Ar. Meridian ......................................Miss. Lv.

10:55

3:55

951.3

Lv. Meridian ............................................ " Ar.

10:50

5:03

1007.7

Laurel ................................................ "

9:40

5:40

1036.6

Hattiesburg ......................................... "

9:05

5:57

1052.9

Purvis ................................................. "

8:46

6:24

1076.4

Poplarville .......................................... "

8:22

p 6:50

1100.3

Picayune ............................................. "

p 7:57

7:09

1118.6

Slidell .............................................. La.

7:38

8:07

1151.5

New Orleans (Carrollton Ave.) ......... "

6:52

8:25

1153.8

Ar. New Orleans (Un. Pass. Term.) ......... " Lv.

6:45

 

Train 3 & 4
(Effective June 25, 1971 - Both trains 3 & 4 operate Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays only. Plus! New dome coach!)

3
Operates
Mondays
Thursdays
Saturdays
Only

Eastern Time
Salisbury - Asheville

4
Operates
Sundays
Wednesdays
Fridays
Only

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Milepost

Station

Read Up

6:40

.0

Lv. Salisbury .............................. N.C. Ar.

1:15

7:23

25.0

Statesville ................................... "

12:27

f 8:00

48.2

Newton ...................................... "

f 11:55

f 8:03

50.8

Conover ..................................... "

f 11:52

8:20

57.6

Hickory ...................................... "

11:40

f 8:34

67.2

Connelly ..................................... "

f 11:24

f 8:39

70.9

Valdese ...................................... "

f 11:20

8:53

78.6

Morganton .................................. "

11:06

f 9:03

84.0

Glen Alpine.................................. "

f 10:59

9:30

99.9

Marion ........................................ "

10:33

9:46

109.7

Old Fort....................................... "

10:17

f 10:15

123.0

Ridgecrest .................................... "

f 9:48

10:21

125.1

Black Mountain............................. "

9:41

f 10:26

129.9

Swannahoa ................................... "

f 9:30

f 10:31

134.1

Azalea (Oteen) .............................. "

f 9:22

10:40

138.9

Ar. Asheville .................................... " Lv.

9:15

Equipment: Coaches only between Salisbury and Asheville

 

Train 7 & 8
(From New York to Washington, the train #7 operates as PC #105, and train #8 operates as PC #132)

7
Daily

Eastern Time
New York - Washington - Asheville

8
Daily

Read Down

Milepost

Station

Read Up

8:30

_____

Lv. New York................... (PC) N.Y. Ar.

6:50

9:46

_____

Philadelphia (Pa. Sta. 30th St.) " Pa.

5:13

10:57

_____

Baltimore (Pa. Sta.) ........... " Md.

3:45

11:30

_____

Ar. Washington .................... " D.C. Lv.

3:00

11:45

.0

Lv. Washington .............. (SOU) D.C. Ar.

2:00

12:05

8.2

Alexandria ................................ " "

1:40

2:35

112.2

Ar. Charlottesville .......................... " " Lv.

10:45

2:40

112.2

Lv. Charlottesville .......................... " " Ar.

10:40

3:50

165.1

Ar. Monroe ................................... " " Lv.

9:40

3:55

165.1

Lv. Monroe ................................... " " Ar.

9:30

4:05

172.5

Ar. Lynchburg................................ " " Lv.

9:20

Equipment: Coaches only between Washington and Salisbury

*All schedules posted on this part of the site are courtesy Lloyd Neal.*

More to be added soon!!


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