BUFFALO SUBWAY, NY, USA 🇺🇸 - NFTA LIGHT RAIL - ERIE HARBOUR TO UNIVERSITY RIDE 4K
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- čas přidán 31. 10. 2022
- Buffalo, NY light rail ride from Erie Harbour to University station
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NFTA Metrorail used to have a station called theater station. It was in the Theater District downtown Buffalo after Fountain Plaza. But it closed and tore down in 2013 to bring cars back onto Main Street.
That's depressing...
Back in the 1980s, when the subway was being built, there was a plan to use an abandoned railroad route for a line from Lasalle Station to Tonawanda. That never happened, but hopefully the extension to the UB North Campus in Amherst will. The large number of students would be a good market for Metrorail.
Agree
I love their unique trains.
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Picked a pefect fall day!
Hard to beleive that someone at some point decided to close main street to car traffic and downtown buffalo went into ruins. Nice to see it open up again and look thriving business's
Closing main streets to vehicle traffic was all the rage beginning in the 1970's.
Completely lost my bearings. Need a map.
Left in early '83 and never had a chance to ride it. To your credit I did have kind of a chance to look around and it's a new look. Thanks.
This is good ❤❤
When it stops and departs it sounds like it came from septa Kawasaki lrv trolleys
The white-silver building on the right side of the train at Church Station was designed by the same architecture firm that designed the World Trade Center in NYC. I can not remember the buildings name.
One M&T Plaza-it’s the headquarters for M&T bank
That building was originally the Tishman Building. The principal tenant was Niagara Fuel Gas.
Similarity is clear.
looks fairly empty. what time of day was it? does it get more crowded than that?
Most of the time it is empty. However, during rush hours people start filling in.
Are these trains very limited to the commute. We are coming next month and for public transportation to sight see i couldn't find anything better than Uber
There is only one light rail line in Buffalo. It reaches waterfront of Lake Erie - the local sight. There is also bus network in Buffalo. Uber is a great option also )
do they run one car trains ever? or they do usually three . the maximum cars for a lrv is 4 cars
Never saw just 1 car there
@@rideurbanrail Have seen 1 car trains on Sundays (rarely) and for training. Have pics wish I could post them here for you.
Is it still free downtown?
Yes
Nothing comes close to rust belt architecture
How much is it to get on?
2 $ but free on the above ground section
Do they run four car trains sometimes?
Never saw it but the platforms are definitely arranged for longer trains. They are going to expand the line in the future so there might be more cars in the train then.
They do run four car trains but it's rare that happen
@@rideurbanrail 4 car trains for special events. Have pics of them too...
When I left Buffalo, there was serious talk about extending the rail line to the Amherst campus of UB. What ever happened?
They are actually following up with the extension plans. Also they are building one station south of the waterfront.
That sounds cool I can’t wait
South of the waterfront would be Lake Erie.@@rideurbanrail
@@ozzietadziu I don't believe in geographic determinism... )
I saw in a video a four car train
If you saw it, it probably does exist already ). I do not live in Buffalo now so I am not able to observe the way they switch the amount of cars in trains. I assume it may vary for on rush hours.
4 cars for special events. 3 cars for rush hour. 2 cars standard. 1 car on sunday times with low-ridership.
Why is public transport in U.S so ugly. Do they not want people to use them. It looks like it carries prisoners instead of civillians.
Historically transit culture in the USA is predominantly car-oriented (except, probably, NYC). Also the USA is a most developed capitalistic country where profit is in the first place. And since the world's subways are mosty subsidized the US government does not have much interest in supporting public transit - especially due to the constant budget crisis. The instance of LA is very illustrative since in the past its public transit was bought off by auto corporations and ruined by it. The goal - increase in car sales (. Now they are hectically trying to develop their transit system... Those were several factors making public transit in the USA "unprestigious".
Ugly is in the eye of the beholder.
University
Take the video through the FRONT window.
Good idea!
No passengers (or photographers) are allowed in the driver compartment.
compared to new york city this is such a joke
haha )
Ugh. I hate single tracking
Buffalo's light rail sucks it doesn't go that far. I live in Phoenix and their light rail is so spead out!