1958 - SCC Grants N&W Authority to Drop Trains 9 and 10

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Roanoke Times - January 25, 1958

SCC Grants N&W Authority to Drop Trains 9 and 10

RICHMOND, Jan 24 (AP) - The State Corporation Commission has granted 
the Norfolk and Western Railway authority to discontinue passenger 
trains 9 and 10, operating between Roanoke and Bristol, effective Feb. 2.
   In a companion order this week the SCC granted the Railway Express 
Agency authority to handle express by motor truck between the 
stations along this route.
   In its application to eliminate the service, the railroad cited 
insufficient patronage. One train leaves Roanoke about 7 a.m. and 
arrives in Bristol about noon. The other leaves Bristol in the early 
afternoon and arrives about 6 p.m.
   In the 12 months preceding last October, N&W officials said cost 
exceeded revenues by $269,000 for trains 9 and 10, the last two N&W 
trains to run between Roanoke and Bristol.
   When the N&W petitioned the SCC for discontinuance of the trains 
Oct. 28, the railway said a survey showed that Train 9 had carried an 
average of 3.7 passengers per day between all points in the last nine months.
   Train 10 had carried an average of 8.2 passengers in the entire 
duration of each daily trip.
   Three passenger trains will continue to run to and from Bristol 
daily on N&W tracks. They originate with the Southern Railway and are 
operated by the N&W through its territory.

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- Ron Davis, Roger Link