Aiken-Augusta Special
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The Aiken-Augusta Special was a named night train of the Southern Railway between New York City and Augusta, Georgia. Different from other long distance Southern Railway lines which tended to briefly go through the northwestern edge of South Carolina, this route went through the interior of the state. Its route marked the last directly north-south route between Charlotte, North Carolina, and Columbia, South Carolina, and it marked one of the last long distance trains into Augusta, Georgia.
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Service type | Inter-city rail |
Status | Discontinued |
Locale | Southeastern United States |
First service | October 24, 1915 |
Last service | October 22, 1966 |
Former operator(s) | Pennsylvania Railroad Southern Railway (U.S.) |
Route | |
Termini | New York, New York Augusta, Georgia; and secondary route to Aiken, South Carolina |
Distance travelled | 795.4 miles (1,280.1 km) (New York-Augusta, 1952) |
Service frequency | Daily |
Train number(s) | 31 (southbound) and 32 (northbound) |
On-board services | |
Seating arrangements | Reclining seat coach |
Sleeping arrangements | Sections, roomettes, single bedrooms, double bedrooms, drawing room, compartments |
Catering facilities | Diner |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) |
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