Taken from THE STATE newspaper of Thursday November 14, 2013:
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Norfolk Southern starts daily rail from Charleston, Upstate
By TYRONE RICHARDSON trichardson@postandcourier.com
Railway operator Norfolk Southern has kicked off a daily run for moving cargo between Charleston and the new “inland port” yard in the Upstate.
The service transports shipping containers to and from the State Port Authority’s Greer transfer yard, a nearly 100-acre property that opened weeks ago near Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport.
The inland port is a nearly $50 million project with costs shared between SPA and Norfolk Southern.
Train service to and from the facility runs once each weekday, according to Norfolk Southern’s website.
The company’s cargo service departs from the company’s rail yard in North Charleston in the early evening. The train travels more than 200 miles to Greer within seven and a half hours, according to Robin Chapman, a spokesman for Norfolk Southern.
Chapman said the new service will use existing staff and rail lines.
Norfolk Southern previously offered sporadic runs between Charleston