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Rock Hill, SC - December 2005
   

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Rock Hill, SC  — Trolley Proposal

Rail Transit Online, December 2005

City officials are counting on a $400,000 federal grant to begin detailed planning of a streetcar line that would eventually connect downtown Rock Hill with Winthrop University and Piedmont Medical Center.  The trolley would be part of the Textile Corridor redevelopment project and may run initially between the abandoned Rock Hill Cotton Factory, near Dave Lyle Boulevard, and Cherry Road utilizing Norfolk Southern Railway right-of-way.  The city and NS have already reached an agreement for the use of the ROW, although a separate track would be needed for streetcars.  The first segment would probably cost $10 million or less, a price city officials believe is affordable.  Consultants had earlier proposed a line all the way from the medical center through downtown to Cherry Road that would have cost more than $50 million.  Rock Hill may use nearby Charlotte’s historic streetcar operation as a model and may borrow a replica Birney car for a static display to demonstrate the concept to residents. 

 

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