North Carolina Railroads - High Point, Randleman, Asheboro & Southern Railroad




North Carolina Railroads - High Point, Randleman, Asheboro & Southern Railroad

Acronym	Year Chartered or Incorporated	Year Line Operational	Year Service Ended	Original Starting Point	Original Ending Point
HPRA&S RR	unknown	1889	<1900*	High Point, NC	Asheboro, NC

*<1900 acquired by Southern Railway. The High Point, Randleman, Asheboro, & Southern Railroad was completed in July of 1889. Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) and High Point, Randleman, Asheboro & Southern Railroad Company (HPRAS), a majority-owned NSR subsidiary, have jointly filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F, Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service for NSR to discontinue service over, and for HPRAS to abandon, 1.5 miles of railroad between milepost M 0.0 and milepost M 1.5 in High Point, Guilford County, NC. The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code 27260, and includes the former station of High Point. Approved by the Surface Transportation Board on December 11, 2006.

Towns on Route: High Point Bush Hill > Archdale (1887) Trinity College > Trinity (1894) Progress Glenola New Market Sophia (1891) Randleman Spero (1889) > North Asheboro (1930) Ashborough > Asheboro (1923)