Buffalo–Exchange Street station

This article is about a passenger rail station. For the fashion resale retailer, see Buffalo Exchange.

Buffalo–Exchange Street
Location	75 Exchange Street Buffalo, NY 14203 United States
Coordinates
Owned by	City of Buffalo
Line(s)	Empire Corridor
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach
Construction
Parking	10 long term and 10 short term
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: BFX
History
Opened	August 2, 1952
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	41,584  0.9%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Niagara Falls, NY Terminus Empire Service Buffalo–Depew toward New York City Niagara Falls, NY toward Toronto Maple Leaf

Buffalo–Exchange Street is an Amtrak station in Buffalo, New York. It was originally built by the New York Central Railroad.

History

There have been four New York Central Railroad stations on Exchange Street in Buffalo, the third of which was built in 1880. It was closed on November 13, 1935.

Planning for the current structure began in 1949. New York heavily funded the station as being part of the Skyway construction. The total cost was $7 million. The station opened on August 2, 1952. The station originally served 21 New York Central and Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway trains daily. The double track station had two side platforms connected by an overhead walkway.

Activity at the station quickly declined after World War II. In 1962, the New York Central Railroad ceased passenger operations to Niagara Falls, and the station was closed.

On October 29, 1977, Amtrak reinstated service between Grand Central Terminal in New York and Toronto Union Station. The station was reopened, though the line is now single track and the second platform and walkway are gone.

Service

The station serves six Amtrak trains daily:

• Empire Service (New York City – Niagara Falls): two trains in each direction
• Maple Leaf (New York City – Toronto): one train in each direction

The station is approximately two blocks away from the Erie Canal Harbor and Seneca stations on the Buffalo Metro Rail light rail line. It is also close to the First Niagara Center.

There is a daily Coach USA bus service at the station, operating between Buffalo Metropolitan Transportation Center and Jamestown, New York, via Dunkirk and Fredonia, and serving the communities along the southeast shore of Lake Erie.

See also

• Buffalo Central Terminal

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Buffalo-Exchange Street
• Buffalo – Exchange Street Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide – TrainWeb)
• Buffalo-Exchange Street (BFX) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)