Shenandoah Junction, United States
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I know Google wants me to rate Duffields based on its merits as a good train station, and so I can only give it 4 stars. It's a suburban station with a covered pavilion, so it meets the bare minimum qualifications of what it needs to be, but it's remote and there's no place to go if you need a safe place to wait (a store or other well-lit public place with people around), so you need to have a ride waiting for you if you're coming in at night. Now, if I could rate it based on the people-watching you can do when you GET there, I'd give that unassuming station an 11! Seriously, both crowds will blow your mind: the people getting off the train and the folks waiting for them are fascinating! Last time I went to Duffields, I saw a woman dressed like she was on her way to a Southern Cotillion ball (huge floppy pink hat, shiny pink mermaid-skirt gown) talking to two men in a convertible, one of whom looked like he was a naval officer. Before that, I met a hippie guy that started a commune in the area, and there was an older lady who was carrying several bags with her and asking everyone in the parking lot if she could get a ride home. What's happening out there in WV?! Duffields is a nexus of mystery.
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Jefferson County and the state of WV have not supported commuters and mass transit. The city of Ranson squandered an opportunity to develop a commuter station.
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