More than 15 years ago, I called for replacing the embarrassingly inadequate downtown Buffalo train station and with a modern, intermodal station.
Buffalo, NY (November 19, 2020) — New York invested $72.8 million in new passenger stations in Buffalo and Niagara Falls. The Nov. 8 opening of the Exchange Street station has prompted some to begin lobbying Amtrak to add more trains here. Amtrak’s primary routes from Buffalo and Niagara Falls are the Niagara Branch of Empire Corridor run, which ends in Albany, and the Maple Leaf Run, which begins in Toronto and ends in New York City….
“It is really a chicken-and-egg situation,” said former State Assemblyman Sam Hoyt, now a lobbyist. Hoyt believes the $29.8 million Exchange Street station, coupled with the $43 million invested in the Niagara Falls station, gives local leaders an edge when pressing Amtrak. Additionally, with people looking for alternatives to air travel in the Covid-19 world, there may be an opportunity for more Amtrak routes.
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