By Jonah Watt, The Bowdoin Orient; March 30, 2018
I love my Amtrak Downeaster six-trip college pass. For 86 dollars, I can take three round trips from the doorstep of campus to Woburn, the gateway to JOB (Just Outside of Boston) land. My three—or four or five, depending on weather and track repair—hour rides have punctuated my seven semesters on campus, bookending Thanksgiving and spring breaks. My six-trip pass ticks down the train rides until the end of each year.
The Amtrak has been an extension of my life at Bowdoin, bringing me to and from the College. Its familiar seats have become as comfortable as my regular perch in the Moulton Light Room, although I still don’t know where to sit if I want to be facing forward once the train turns around in Portland.
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