Carolinas Association for Passenger Trains

The Carolinas Association for Passenger Trains will meet in Columbia, SC, at the main Richland County Library on Saturday, January 21, 2023. The address is 1431 Assembly Street and the telephone number is 803-799-9084. The meeting will be held on the second floor in Room 200 (may now be labeled as Room A) from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm. Take the escalator in the center of the main floor to the second floor.

Parking on the streets around the library is generally available and on Saturdays the meters are free. There is also limited parking in the library’s own parking lot at the rear of the building.

Lunch will be on your own but should members desire to meet as a group prior to the meeting for lunch, the California Dreaming Restaurant at 401 South Main Street, 29201, is highly recommended both for its excellent cuisine as well as the ambiance of the old Union Station that once served Southern Railway and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in Columbia. A recommended time to meet there would be 11:30 am as lunch service begins at that time. Other restaurants and eateries are located not far from the Richland Library in the Vista area (along Gervais Street just west of Assembly Street).

Meeting Agenda

• Welcome
• Secretary's report
• Treasurer's report
• Appointment of vacant Board member and Officer positions
• 501c3 status
• R2R Developments (Raleigh - Richmond)
• Western NC Rail Committee Update
• Status of Infrastructure funding for Western and Eastern NC service extensions
• Update on Florence - Myrtle Beach rail passenger efforts
• Update on the resolution drive in South Carolina in support of expanded rail passenger service
• Planning for Columbia - Charlotte initiative
• Charlotte Area Transit Update
• State advisory committees to monitor Rail to Trail corridors
• 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
• Adjournment