Delta Air Lines to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport and by Atlantic Southeast Airlines as a Delta Connection. There is also a Greyhound bus station. Pedestrians and cycling Azalea City Trail VSU Walking Trail System Streetcar In 1898, the Valdosta Street Railway Company secured the right to operate streetcars on Patterson, Ashley, Toombs, Lee, Hill, Central, Crane and Gordon streets. Valdosta was one of the smallest cities in America to have a street railway system. The streetcar operated in the downtown area between 1899 and 1924. The abandoned tracks were removed in the 1940s to be used as scrap metal for the war effort. Intercity rail For several decades the Atlantic Coast Line and the Southern Railway ran regular passenger trains on a Chicago to Florida circuit, making stops in Valdosta, albeit at different stations. The Atlantic Coast Line ran the South Wind through Valdosta, and the Southern operated the Ponce de Leon and the Royal Palm through the town. After Amtrak assumed passenger rail operations in the United States in 1971 it operated the Floridian from Chicago to St. Petersburg and Miami. In a group of several train disestablishments in 1979, Amtrak discontinued the Floridian, thus marking the last time that passenger trains served south Georgia (excepting the New York-Florida service in eastern Georgia). Notable people Michelle Anderson, president of Brooklyn College and a scholar on rape law Alex W. Bealer, Atlanta blacksmith and author; born in Valdosta in 1921 Alfred Corn, poet and essayist; raised in Valdosta Doc Holliday, Western dentist, gunfighter and gambler; spent his youth in Valdosta Louis Lomax, African-American journalist and the son of a leading local educator James Lord Pierpont, composer of "Jingle Bells"; lived many years in Valdosta, where he taught music Elsie Quarterman, plant biologist and professor of biology at Vanderbilt University; born in Valdosta in 1910 Mary Turner, African-American lynching victim Entertainment Rhett Akins, country artist, two-time Songwriter of the Year, member of the Peach Pickers writing trio and his son, Thomas Rhett, country music artist Don Fleming, indie rock musician and producer From First to Last (Matt Good, Derek Bloom and Travis Richer), post-hardcore band Ben Hayslip, two-time Country Music Songwriter of the Year. Member of The Peach Pickers along with Valdosta native Rhett Akins Bill Hicks, comedian; born in Valdosta NewSong, Christian band Margaret Pardee, violinist and violin teacher Pauley Perrette, actress best known for NCIS; attended Valdosta State University