The L-Line is a rail line that runs from
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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to
Mooresville, North Carolina
Mooresville is a large town located in the southwestern section of Iredell County, North Carolina, United States, and is a part of the fast-growing Charlotte metropolitan area. The population was 50,193 at the 2020 United States Census making it ...
and it is owned and operated by the
Norfolk Southern Railway
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...
; the line is part of the
Coastal Division
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. The line crosses the
S-Line at
Barber, North Carolina, where most trains are based out of. The line's end point at Mooresville is joined with the
O-Line
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which runs from Mooresville to
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...
.
The majority of the trains on the L-Line are locals, running trains as far north as Clemmons, but other trains can use this line if needed.
The line was very rarely used between Clemmons and Winston-Salem and was still listed as fully operational on its website until recently. However it is disconnected from the K-Line at milepost zero. The Peters Creek Trestle in Winston-Salem was the catalyst for shuddering this section. As of 2020 it has not been repaired and there are no current plans to do so, but the track is still in place.
See also
List of Norfolk Southern Railway lines
The Norfolk Southern Railway owns and operates A vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River. In addition to lines inherited from predecessor railroads, Norfolk and Western, and the Southern Railway (U.S.), South ...
S-Line (Norfolk Southern)
The Norfolk Southern S-Line is a secondary railroad line which runs between Morristown, Tennessee and Salisbury, North Carolina.
It is operated by Norfolk Southern Railway under 2 divisions. Half of the line is within the Coastal Division and the ...
References
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Rail infrastructure in North Carolina
L line
https://www.wvncrails.org/ns-l-line-winston-salem-to-mooresville.html
http://www.nscorp.com/content/dam/nscorp/maps/2016-system-map-print.pdf