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Jilly_in_VA

(11,120 posts)

7. You STILL can't get anywhere

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 10:24 AM

Sep 2021

from Harrisonburg, a town of 52,000+ with a university of 20,000 students. Not by rail, not by bus, not by air. You have to DRIVE. The airport is in Weyers Cave, about 15 miles down the road. There is no bus station. There is no train. For either of those you have to go somewhere else. WHY?

Oh, but I-81 runs right through town.......

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New Amtrak train from Richmond to D.C. marks first step in statewide rail expansion [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 OP

Cool! I Live In NOVA And This Will Be A Big Deal! COL Mustard Sep 2021 #1

I hope this is a start of a trend and not one exception in one state. I'd much rather take the train marble falls Sep 2021 #2

What we need is a train that goes west underpants Sep 2021 #4

Even in the old days passenger service on the James River line was sparse. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 #6

Main Street station is looking good. underpants Sep 2021 #3

Me too. A nice guy. He died a few years back, still quite young. NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 #5

You STILL can't get anywhere Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 #7

Megabus mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 #8

Big whoop Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 #9