Georgia Cannonball

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Georgia Cannonball
Overview
Service type Inter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
Locale Georgia, USA
First service1845 (1845)
Last serviceMay 6, 1983 (1983-05-06)
Former operator(s) Georgia Railroad
Route
Termini Atlanta Union Station (1930) (until c.1971)
Augusta Union Station (until c.1968)
Average journey timevariable
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)1, 2
On-board services
Seating arrangements Caboose (1969–1983)
Route map
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Augusta Union Station
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Augusta–Harrisonville Yard
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Harlem DodgerBlue flag waving.svg
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Thomson DodgerBlue flag waving.svg
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to Macon
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Barnett DodgerBlue flag waving.svg
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Crawfordville DodgerBlue flag waving.svg
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Union Point DodgerBlue flag waving.svg
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to Athens
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Madison DodgerBlue flag waving.svg
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Covington DodgerBlue flag waving.svg
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Conyers DodgerBlue flag waving.svg
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Lithonia DodgerBlue flag waving.svg
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Atlanta–Hunter St.
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Atlanta Union Station

The Georgia Cannonball was the given name of an intercity passenger train operated by the Georgia Railroad. It was a local service which ran on the railroad's main line between Atlanta, Georgia and Augusta, Georgia. The railroad was completed between the two cities in 1845. One round trip was dropped in 1968, leaving a single daily round trip on the route. [1] The service became a mixed train on July 1, 1969. [2] Georgia Railroad declined to join Amtrak in 1971, leaving the service as one of the few intercity rail routes in America which was not operated by the new quasi-government agency. [3] [4] [5] The final passenger run occurred on May 6, 1983; [5] [6] by then a normal trip between endpoints could take up to twelve hours. [7]

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