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EPISODE · May 21, 2021 · 17 MIN

Episode 202: Passenger Trains between Charleston and Summerville, from the Best Friend to BRT

from Charleston Time Machine · host Nic Butler, Ph.D.

Commuter trains might not seem like an old Lowcountry tradition, but antebellum investors in the Charleston-metro area once embraced emerging technology to create one of the earliest mass transit corridors in the United States. Present efforts to revive that long lost transportation legacy draw inspiration from local history to spark a new era of regional mobility.

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