DL&W station

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DL&W
DL&WStationPlatform.jpg
Platform of the DL&W station
General information
Coordinates 42°52′22″N78°52′27″W / 42.87278°N 78.87417°W / 42.87278; -78.87417
Owned by NFTA
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Accessibleyes
Other information
Fare zoneFree fare
History
OpenedDecember 8, 2025 [1]
Services
Preceding station NFTA Following station
Canalside
toward University
Metro Rail Terminus
Location
DL&W station

DL&W station is a Buffalo Metro Rail light rail indoor station on the first floor on the Buffalo River side of the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad terminal, which also serves as the NFTA Rail Maintenance Yard. The station replaced the former Special Events station and will provide commuters access to parking, Metro Rail service to the city, and a direct pedestrian walkway to Canalside areas. [2] [3] [4] It was the first expansion of the line since it was completed in 1986.

A second entrance, via the second floor of the terminal, to the station from South Park Avenue at Illinois Street is under construction.

Plans for the terminal, when finished, also include an enclosed pedestrian skywalk from the second floor over South Park Avenue to the KeyBank Center. [5]

Shoreline Trail entrance to DL&W station DL&WStationEntrance.jpg
Shoreline Trail entrance to DL&W station
A sculpture at DL&W Station, Buffalo, NY DL&WStationArt1.jpg
A sculpture at DL&W Station, Buffalo, NY

Additionally, a new crosswalk was constructed from behind the KeyBank Center to Canalside, and the Riverwalk trail along the Buffalo River. The $1.7 million crossing was 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. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "DL&W Train Station opens to the public". WGRZ . Tegna Inc. December 8, 2025. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Jacobs: $1 million in state funding for DL&W project". Niagara Frontier Publications. June 12, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "About the new DL&W Station". June 14, 2021. Archived from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Work continues on the Buffalo DL&W Terminal's restoration". April 13, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Plans to turn DL&W terminal into Metro Rail station". November 16, 2022.


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