North Carolina Railroads - Raleigh & Southport Railroad

Acronym

Year Chartered or Incorporated

Year Line Operational

Year Service Ended

Original Starting Point

Original Ending Point

R&S RR

1905

1906

1911*

Caraleigh, NC Lillington, NC

Lillington, NC Fayetteville, NC


*1911 acquired by the Raleigh, Charlotte & Southern Railway.

Was the Raleigh & Cape Fear Railroad.


Advertisement on 3-26-1910:

March 28, 1910, at Raleigh, Fuquay, Fayetteville

Account of above occasion The Raleigh and Southport Railway will sell tickets from all stations on its line to either Raleigh, Fuquay, or Fayetteville for one for round trip - minimum 25¢.
Tickets on sale on that date only good returning not later than afternoon train on 29th.
At Raleigh-Wake Forest-A. and M. baseball game in the afternoon. Theatres at night.
At Fuquay - Grand annual basket picnic, dancing, fishing, barbecue, baseball - a delightful place to spend the day.
At Fayetteville - Fishing, boating.The historical town of the State.
A great opportunity for a day's recreation at a nominal cost.

Round-trip fares:
Raleigh to Fuquay................ .65¢
Raleigh to Fayetteville...... $1.90
Fayetteville to Fuquay...... $1.30
Fayetteville to Raleigh...... $1.90
Schedule: Leave Raleigh 8:00 a.m., leave Raleigh 4:15 p.m., leave Fayetteville 8:00 a.m., leave Fayetteville 4:05 p.m.

J.A. MILLS,
President and General Manger


Towns on Route:

Caraleigh (1900s)

McCullers

Willow Spring

Cardenas

Varina (1913)

Fuquay Springs

Chalybeate Springs

Kipling

Lillington

Harnett (1909-1918)

Bunns Level > Bunnlevel (1894)

Linden (1914)

Lane (1907-1913)

Slocumb (1910)

Fayetteville



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