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Amtrak stations near college campuses
 #399170  by Rockingham Racer
 Tue May 15, 2007 4:25 pm
Reading another post about the convenience of the Durham, NH stop for UNH got me wondering:
Where are the convenient [walking distance] Amtrak stations and their corresponding colleges?

UPenn @ Philadelphia comes to mind.
 #399174  by shadyjay
 Tue May 15, 2007 4:34 pm
The Vermonter does a brisk college business. Essex Jct is the closest stop to Burlington, where UVM and other colleges are. Montpelier Jct gets a lot of "cadets" from Northfield University. The closest college on that route to a station is probably UMASS in Amherst. Sunday afternoons during the school year I've seen quite a few college-bound folks on board.
 #399198  by byte
 Tue May 15, 2007 5:28 pm
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is pretty close to the Champaign station. I wouldn't mind walking but usually it's easier to take a bus, if you've got a big suitcase or something.

#399200  by bmichel5581
 Tue May 15, 2007 5:41 pm
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Illinois State University at Normal
 #399201  by bmichel5581
 Tue May 15, 2007 5:42 pm
University of Nebraska, Lincoln is sorta close
Amtrak stations near college campuses
 #399214  by Ocala Mike
 Tue May 15, 2007 6:10 pm
3-2/3 miles from Deland, FL Amtrak Station to Stetson University. A nice one-hour walk/workout.
 #399219  by John_Perkowski
 Tue May 15, 2007 6:22 pm
University of Central Missouri is less than 1/2 mile from Warrensburg Amtrak Station.

The only problem Amtrak has with Lincoln and UN-Lincoln is the trains come in the middle of the night!!!

#399226  by bmichel5581
 Tue May 15, 2007 6:30 pm
John_Perkowski wrote:

The only problem Amtrak has with Lincoln and UN-Lincoln is the trains come in the middle of the night!!!
If they're on time  :-D
Amtrak near colleges
 #399227  by palmland
 Tue May 15, 2007 6:40 pm
I'm an alum of Randolph-Macon college in Ashland, VA. A small private school about 15 miles north of Richmond. Long ago, I used to lie in my bunk in the freshman dorm and watch the ACL/SAL Florida parade on the RF&P roll by. Now several regionals stop there and of course all Carolina/Florida bound trains still go by.
 #399266  by mkellerm
 Tue May 15, 2007 7:57 pm
In Michigan, I think the closest is Michigan State in East Lansing; I believe that MSU owns the station. It is about a mile-long walk up the hill from the Ann Arbor station to the Diag at the University of Michigan. Wayne State in Detroit is also about a mile away from the station. In Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan are 2-3 miles from the station, although the tracks go right through them. It is no coincidence that Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo are the two busiest stations in Michigan.
 #399279  by gprimr1
 Tue May 15, 2007 8:15 pm
Amherst Amtrak station is within walking distance of Umass but it's a stretch. I've done it and it isn't fun because of the uphill/downhill. They do have a good bus system but the locals sometimes make the mistake of assuming visitors know how the buses operate. I was told my several people my first trip to just take a bus. It's probably closer to the campus of Amherst College.

At times when alot of students are using it, it can resemble something from, imo, an old west train depot. I've even once been there and there was a student playing guitar as he waited for the train. It can make waiting for the train fun to see and talk to all the different people who come there to get the train.

#399281  by Launcher
 Tue May 15, 2007 8:20 pm
I love the Amherst Mass. station area, but with once a day service, I have yet to get to use it in all my trips to that campus. The majority of those UMASS students tend to take the more frequently scheduled "PPP" bus lines to Springfield, Boston, and NYC. They come about 5 to 9 a day.

I have been through South Bend, Indiana station, but just passing through. I didn't see the ND campus. Can anyone say one way or the other if that is campus-accessible?

Drexel is convenient to PHL. New Bruns.,NJ, local stop on the NEC, is home to Rutgers main campus. Many students use the train there to get to DC and NY. Then you have Princeton @ Princeton Junction, another local stop on NEC. A dinky takes the students back and forth to the main corridor.
 #399287  by LI Loco
 Tue May 15, 2007 8:33 pm
In Boston, Emerson College is in walking distance of Back Bay station. When I took my daughter for a visit there, we left the orientation just 20 minutes before train time.
 #399298  by CHIP72
 Tue May 15, 2007 8:56 pm
As was noted above, both Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania are very close to 30th Street Station. Drexel's campus is about 3-4 blocks from 30th Street Station, directly west on Market Street*, while the eastern end of Penn's campus is probably about 5-6 blocks from PHL, directly south of Drexel's campus and southwest of 30th Street Station.

The above of course means that historic sports facilities on Penn's campus like the Palestra (college basketball) and Franklin Field (college football, Penn Relays) are within walking distance of 30th Street Station. Drexel's Daskalakis Center (college basketball) is 4 blocks away, at 34th and Market.

As was also noted above, parts of Rutgers' campus are very close to the New Brunswick station.

Some other colleges I can think of:

Huntingdon, PA: my undergraduate alma mater, Juniata College, is at the north end of town while the Amshack, I mean station, is at the south end of town. Still, students can easily use the station (about 1 1/2 miles from campus) if needed. I never personally used it when I was in college, but it was always a contingency location if I had a problem getting home for breaks; I would have ridden to Harrisburg and stayed with my uncle.

Ardmore, PA: Haverford College is about a mile from the station. Also, though it is only SEPTA and not Amtrak, the SEPTA R5 station for Villanova is ON Villanova's campus. This rail line is the Keystone Corridor. FWIW, Villanova's college basketball arena, the Pavilion, is located only a hundred feet or so from the railroad tracks.

Elizabethtown, PA: Elizabethtown College is probably about 1 to 1 1/2 miles east of the Amtrak station.

Newark, DE: The University of Delaware's main campus is about a mile north of the Amtrak/SEPTA station. I think the south part of the campus may be even closer to the station.

Pittsburgh: both Point Park College and Duquesne University are within a 1 or 1 1/2 miles or so of Pittsburgh Penn Station.

Greensburg, PA: I think Seton Hill College is pretty close to the Amtrak station, but I'm not sure.

*For those not familiar with Philadelphia's 30th Street Station, Market Street, the major east-west street in Philadelphia, abuts the south side of the station.[/quote]

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