The LightRail (or Subway?) in Buffalo, New York 2023
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2023
- Buffalo is the 2nd largest city in the State of New York and only two and half hours drive from Toronto, Canada. The population of 256,000 has been declining over the last few decades; however, there are signs that it may turn around soon.
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Buffalo Metro Rail is the public transit rail system in Buffalo, New York, United States; it is operated by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA). The system consists of a single, 6.4-mile (10.3 km) long light rail line that runs for most of the length of Main Street (New York State Route 5) in the City of Buffalo, from KeyBank Center in Downtown Buffalo to the south campus of the University at Buffalo in the northeast corner of the city. Daily ridership is 18,500 on a weekday. The first section of the line opened in October 1984; the current system was completed in November 1986.
Metro Rail is a light rail transit (LRT) system as characterized by the American Public Transportation Association although it shares many characteristics with "heavy rail" metro systems and could be considered a "light metro." 80% of its track (5.2 miles (8.4 km)) is an underground subway with high-level platforms. This section has eight stations that are spaced fairly widely apart, comparable to subway systems elsewhere. This section is cut-and-cover from Allen/Medical Campus to Utica, then deep-bored from Delavan/Canisius College to University. ~WIKIPEDIA
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Thanks for still giving my city attention 4 years later 😊
5:35 "Merto Rail" 🤣
I know this kind of transportation as a 'premetro'. Because is a tramway with tunnels like a subway, principally. It's an interesting concept!
Thank you for featuring my home town in this video! 😊
i love buffalo!!
Great
Greetings from Basel
This is light rail part of which is underground. Most subways are third rail power and passenger cars are bigger and heavier and operate longer trains. Thanks Tim😀💚
Most subways in Asia use overhead wires
@@EragorEaglor Boston’s blue line also uses overhead lines for the above-ground portion
@@kenshin6553And some parts underground
Are the premieres every 4th day now?
I forgot to premiere today so will do tomorrow :D
Are these the original cars? What year did this begin operation?
yes 1984 and then the cars where refurbish in 2012
They need new fleets asap
When at the low level platforms, how do those in wheelchairs and those with walkers get on, as it looks like each entrance would need to have steps while the retractable part is in use?
I note they seem to sway
more than what other similar vehicles might.
I'd probably say they are trams, usually coupled to form "light-rail" vehicles, yet they sound more like a train when in the underground.
From what I can find, it was meant to be a "heavy" rail line at first, before it changed to "light-rail".
I wonder if that's why the underground part has high level plstforms?
At the low level platforms, there are separate accessible ramps. From what I've heard they ran out of money to make the downtown portion underground. It was supposed to be underground downtown and elevated uptown. They did the reverse. They will be extending it north in a few years
@@freshuniversegamingI heard that it was due to the soil/rock conditions that prevented the path underground downtown
The only other metro system in NY that can rival the MTA
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It looks like a ghost city, where is everyone?
Did they ever approve the expansion?
Where are the people??
You need quieter shoes, Tim.
This is light rail, not heavy rail!!
Larger than NYC
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Why are the cars so empty??
Main Street sucks, just buisness no shops since it's almost impossible to park on. They finally are fixing it so hopefully main street in the next 5-10 years begins to pop again. All of the fun in Buffalo is outside of Main
The metro doesn't really serve a lot of purposes other than going to work downtown or going to the Arena
Man, Buffalo is pretty dead. The stations are just plain deserted.
Depends on the time of day. This looks like it was on either a weekend or an early morning, but during rush hour it can get pretty packed
Nothing on Main Street besides work. Buffalo is finally fixing the parking issue so hopefully in the near future, business return with parking finally
Like all the fun and shopping, restaurants are away from main where this video is taken
No, Buffalo is quite lively. It's just the metro rail, as nice as it is, is pretty useless outside of like Sabres games. It doesn't go anywhere other than just below Main St. Main St is a downtown core for business, it's not a tourist area for the weekend other than the Theater District at night
Buses, taxis, Ubers are far more useful & most folks have cars anyway
Once they expand to UB North campus in Amherst it will be a lot more useful
They should run a line down to the new Highmark Stadium, a line out to the Airport, and 1 out to Niagara Falls too