bowdoin vs middlebury

citivas
Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:21:45 +0000

@arcadia I agree it will be great if/when Amtrak has a station in Middlebury. I presume it will happen eventually. That said, they announced it in 2012 and 4 years later haven’t really started. It’s very controversial in the local area and it faced a lot of opposition. Back in the day when freight trains used the tracks there were lots of derailments. The most recent article I saw made it sound like best case for completion was now 2020. So it may not help current or upcoming prospective students.

That said, consistent with their more hands-on approach, I found Middlebury did far more to provide transportation options for students than Bowdoin does. Bowdoin does nothing actually, beyond the local area. Sometimes the student government organizes shuttles near the major breaks, but very limited. Nothing like the bus services that Middelbury provides. For the most part if you aren’t taking Amtrak, students are on their own to book tickets on buses, use Uber or whatever.