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By RACHEL STIFFLER
Staff Writer
The Amtrak Carolinian, a passenger train taken out of
service in September, could soon be back on track if the
General Assembly finds it can erase the debts amassed by
the train, a N.C. Department of Transportation official said
last week.
Charles Glover, intercity program manager for the DOT,
said he hoped the Charlotte-to-Raleigh passenger train would
be in service again within a few weeks. "
Several issues must be settled before the Carolinian runs
again, Glover said. For example, whether or not money
designated for the next two years of service could be used
to pay off this year's accumulation of debts is one problem
facing the DOT.
The Carolinian, a joint financial effort between the DOT
and Amtrak, had its inaugural run on Oct. 28, 1984 and
was discontinued in September because it was losing money.
The General Assembly had provided funding to operate the
train for its first year.
"We didnt achieve as high a revenue as we thought we
would," Glover said. "We thought the trip length per average
rider v ore than it was. We thought each person
U-desk meeting
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University-desk writers at 5 p.m.
Tuesday at the U-Lush's desk in the
Daily Tar Heel office.
STANFORD-UNC BASKETBALL
TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE
A limited number of student tickets as well as
tickets to the public are still available for the
Stanford-UNC Basketball Game in
Carmichael Auditorium Friday Evening,
December 20th. Student tickets are free with
I.D. and athletic pass. Tickets to the public
are on sale at $11.00. Tickets are available at
the ticket office in Carmichael between
8:30 am-4:30 pm daily.
would ride about 400 miles, but they only rode about 250
to 260 miles. Of course the shorter the length (of the trip),
the cheaper the ticket."
Glover said if and when the train resumed service, it would
probably operate during the warmer months when ridership
is higher usually between Easter and the North Carolina
State Fair.
Glover said the average trip length was shorter than
expected, while the number of riders was larger than expected.
The DOT had estimated less than 100,000 people would
ride the train during the 12-month period. The actual
ridership was 115,000 in 10 months.
"It was a learning experience," Glover said. "It (the high
ridership) demonstrated that there is definitely a need for
a train from Charlotte to Raleigh." The Carolinian provided
daily service between Raleigh and Charlotte, with through
service to Richmond, Va., Washington, D.C. and New York
City.
"One thing we learned ... is that we need to do a better
job of advertising that the train goes further than just from
Charlotte to Raleigh," Glover said. "If we can get people
to take trips of longer length, then well get more revenue."
Group 84 program
Group 84, the local chapter of
Amnesty International, will meet
tonight at 8 at the Newman Center. The
group will discuss International Human
Rights Week, which begins Tuesday
and runs through Dec. 9
For more information on the group,
call Tom Rudin at 966-3256 (daytime)
or 929-6055.
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Egypt approves plane f escue
From wire reports
CAIRO, Egypt The Egyptian
parliament passed a resolution
Saturday approving the governmen
tal decision to storm a hijacked
EgyptAir jetliner in Malta the
bloodiest hijacking rescue attempt in
history.
Parliament passed the resolution
Saturday during a special session
after the bodies of some of the
victims were returned to Egypt from
Malta. The government vowed not
to retaliate against Libya.
Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak and other officials had
earlier accused the Libyans of being
behind the Nov. 23 hijacking and
mentioned possible retaliation.
Libya denied the allegation and
placed its armed forces on alert after
the hijacking.
Hijack victim buried
OCEANSIDE, Calif. Relatives
and friends of Scarlett Rbgenkamp
were told Saturday not to be bitter
toward the terrorists who killed her
on the island of Malta during the
hijacking of the EgyptAir jetliner.
Rogenkamp, 38, was the only
American who died in the incident,
news in brief
which left 59 dead after a bloody
commando raid.
About 100 mourners filled a small
Catholic church in Oceanside, a
small community bordering the
Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base
just north of San Diego.
"We will have no fists of rebellion
or bitterness toward anyone," the
Rev. John Lucev said during the
funeral service. "God loves all of us
with no exceptions."
Election contributions reported
WASHINGTON Special inter
ests poured a record $113 million
into the 1983-84 election cycle, most
of it going to incumbent members
of Congress, the Federal Elections
Commission reported Saturday.
Senate and House members seek
ing re-election received $80.6 million,
or 70 percent of all the contributions
from special interest political action
committees. In contrast, challengers
received only 16 percent, and can
didates in open seat elections
received 11 percent.
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