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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On the Saturday evening AmTrak from Williamsburg (1 block from campus) to Alexandria (AKA, the Hogworts Express), the Conductor announced a welcome home the 450 W& M students they were dropping off. Kids also came home Friday evening, Sat am, and there were two trains Sunday. And, of course, some kids drove and some were picked up.

Contrast this with 35 kids a year from MoCo. [/quote]

Huh?[/quote]

It is a funny allegory meant to demonstrate the difficulty of applying from Md, I think.  I didn’t want to point out those on the train were from any graduating year, grad school, law school etc.  I am guessing the 35 is an extrapolated number of enrolled freshmen based on the 66 MD members of last year’s freshmen class.  Apples to oranges, but I like hearing about the kids on the train home for the holidays :)[/quote]

I’m, the UVA students take that train too[/quote]

Same NE Line, but different train, just like Norfolk is a different train. [/quote

No my uva kid was on it.  They do go to Willioypu know. And it didn’t happen like PP reports[/quote]

Facts are not on your side. The Saturday evening train from “the Burg” is the NE 124, arriving at 7:28pm.  The Charlottesville Saturday evening train is the NE 66 and arrives a little after 9.  I know this because I spent all of Saturday evening at the station collecting my kids.  And thank goodness they are different trains because one train couldn’t handle both.  The question is why you care so much about a nice kids coming home from college story. [/quote]

DP but already stated UVA kid was on that train as well as a lot of other students from other schools and tourists. Why do YOU care so much?[/quote]

Because facts matter and train routes can be verified.  And people lying (or, I suspect trolling) without consequence was annoying in 2016 and in 2022 is flat out unacceptable.  Go hang at CPAC if you feel entitled to create alternative facts.   If your UVA kid got on in C-ville, they did not stop in Williamsburg. Neither did the Norfolk kids. Because train routes. Google them.  There were some VCU students. There may have been some tourists, but it certainly looked like everyone was college age. [/quote]

This thread about the W&M train is going to rank up there with lightly fried tuna for most absurd [/quote]

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