South Carolina Railroads - Greenville, Spartanburg & Anderson Railroad




South Carolina Railroads - Greenville, Spartanburg & Anderson Railroad

Acronym	Year Chartered or Incorporated	Year Line Operational	Year Service Ended	Original Starting Point	Original Ending Point
GS&A RR	1910	1910	1914*	Spartanburg, SC Belton, SC	Greenwood, SC Anderson, SC

*1914 merged into the Piedmont & Northern Railway. In 1910, the Piedmont Traction Company was formed as a street railway to operate in and around Gastonia, NC. In the same year, the Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson Railway Company was formed in South Carolina as a street railway authorized to run between fixed termini. The two companies then formed a syndicate, with the PTC acquiring the Charlotte, NC street railway, whereas the GS&A bought the Belton, SC - Anderson, SC line, besides both companies building new lines and securing trackage rights over the lines of various street railways. The network as it finally stood was finished in April, 1914. Later in 1914, the PTC and the GS&A amalgamated into the Piedmont & Northern Railway Company.

Towns on Route (in SC): Line #1 - Spartanburg to Greenwood: Spartanburg Tucapau > Startex (1949) Duncan Greer Chick Springs Taylors Greenville Piedmont Pelzer Williamston Cheddar Belton Honea Path Donalds Shoals Junction (1910) Hodges Greenwood Line #2 - Belton to Anderson: Belton Toxaway Anderson