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Buffalo Metro Rail

Metro Rail
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Trains on a city street surrounded by tall buildings
Two light rail vehicles at Fountain Plaza Station
Overview
Type Light rail
System Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
Locale Buffalo, New York
Termini University (Underground)
Special Events Station (Above Ground
Stations 13
Services 1
Ridership 18,500 (avg. weekday, Q2 2015)
Website Official website
Operation
Opened
  • 9 October 1984 (1984-10-09) (above-ground)
  • 20 May 1985 (1985-05-20) (underground)
Owner Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA)
Technical
Line length 6.4 mi (10.3 km)
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification Overhead lines 650 V DC
Route map
Buffalo Metro Rail
University
originally South Campus
LaSalle
Tonawanda turn-out
Amherst Street
Humboldt–Hospital
Delavan/Canisius College
originally Delavan-College
Utica
Summer–Best
Allen/Medical Campus
originally Allen-Hospital
Theater
Closed February 18, 2013
Fountain Plaza
originally Huron
Lafayette Square
Church
Seneca
I-190
Erie Canal Harbor
originally Auditorium
Special Events
certain times only
Rail Maintenance Yard

station with off-street bus loop
fare-free section
Original Proposal
Amherst Government Center
Audubon
North Campus to Amherst
part of Phase 2
North Campus
Sweet Home
yard and shops
I-290 (Youngmann Expressway)
Maple
Sheridan
South Campus
LaSalle
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