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mentel42 t1_j66nuwn wrote

Honestly that sounds kind of brutal. Google maps says it'll be like 4 hours from Dulles to Martinsburg via rail (you can do it, but it's a lot). I think VRE goes between Dulles and Union Station? You can take the metro (kind of a hybrid subway/commuter rail system), but requires transfers and would take awhile. The metro system is called WMATA

If you need to take train to WV, it's easier to fly to DCA/Reagan. Dulles is far outside the city, DCA is a fairly quick cab ride to Union Station

From Dulles, it's an ~hour drive to Martinsburg, per Google maps. So might better to rent a car or get a cab. That would cost more but save you hours. Or perhaps your kid could drive to pick you up, don't know is that's an option

Good luck!!!

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kelizziek t1_j66t981 wrote

Seriously if this was my mom flying cross-country to see me and asking about trains and Uber I would be helping her figure this out

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aerieinbellingham OP t1_j66uqcm wrote

Thanks for the good thought. Kid knows less than I do, has very few resources, and is being moved every 6 weeks all over WV, OH, PA. They work study, sleep, eat, rinse, repeat and have lived their whole life on the west coast.

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