We can build it, but how many will come?

North Carolina Railroad said today that it will commission a commuter train ridership and market study for the 140-mile rail corridor from Greensboro through the Triangle to Goldsboro.

Last year the state-owned railroad concluded that it would be possible to add rush-hour commuter trains to the tracks now shared by Norfolk Southern freight and Amtrak passenger trains. It would cost between $2.3 million and $9.3 million per mile to add passing tracks and upgrade bridges and crossings.

Regional government and business leaders were interested in the prospect ... [MORE].