DL&W
General information
Coordinates42°52′22″N 78°52′27″W / 42.87278°N 78.87417°W / 42.87278; -78.87417
Owned byNFTA
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneFree fare
History
Opening2024
Services
Preceding station NFTA Following station
Terminus Metro Rail Erie Canal Harbor
toward University

DL&W station is a Buffalo Metro Rail light rail indoor station currently under construction, and scheduled for completion in mid 2024, It is planned for the first floor on the Buffalo River side of the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad terminal, which currently serves as the NFTA Rail Maintenance Yard. In addition to the Riverwalk entrance, a new entrance on South Park Avenue at Illinois Street will be built, and the new station will eliminate the Special Events station, and provide commuters access to parking and Metro Rail service to the city, and a direct pedestrian walkway to Canalside areas.[1][2][3]

Plans for the terminal, when finished, also include an enclosed pedestrian skywalk from the second floor over South Park Street to the KeyBank Center.[4]

Additionally, a new crosswalk is being constructed from behind the KeyBank Center to Canalside, and the Riverwalk trail along the Buffalo River. The $1.7 million crossing has been newly added to the plan, and will provide safe access across Metro Rail tracks to the increasingly busy area at the foot of Main Street. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Jacobs: $1 million in state funding for DL&W project". Niagara Frontier Publications. June 12, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  2. ↑ McCarthy, Robert J. "Sneak peek: See latest on plans to turn DL&W terminal into Metro Rail station". The Buffalo News. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  3. ↑ "About the new DL&W Station". June 14, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Work continues on the Buffalo DL&W Terminal's restoration". April 13, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Plans to turn DL&W terminal into Metro Rail station". November 16, 2022.
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