@STEM2017 I’m pretty late to this discussion. Amtrak fares are pretty high IMO. There’s a “VA Tech Carpool” page on Face Book. You can join it without a VT email. NOVA rides are plentiful at about $20 per person. Freshmen can have cars. My son has one and loads up three or four riders when he comes home. He’s also met people outside his orbit. Your son can probably get home faster via carpool than taking the bus from the Lynchburg train station to Tech. Roanoke is still about 45 minutes to Tech.