NFTA Rail Maintenance Yard
NFTA Rail Maintenance Yard | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 1971 view of DL&W Terminal, before its main building was demolished. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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29 South Park Avenue Buffalo, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°52′22″N 78°52′27″W / 42.87278°N 78.87417°WCoordinates: 42°52′22″N 78°52′27″W / 42.87278°N 78.87417°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Buffalo Metro Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Employees only | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened |
1917(DL&W) 1985(NFTA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Terminal | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Metro Rail Maintenance Yard or "South Park Terminal" houses Buffalo Metro Rail's cars in a train shed at the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad terminal in the Cobblestone District of Buffalo, New York. The property is located at the southernmost fringe of the Central Business District. The station was built in 1917, and was designed to handle both steam trains and steam ships.[1] The storage and maintenance facility was converted to its present condition in 1982, following the demolition of the former main terminal concourse building "headhouse" of the DL&W Terminal in 1979.
The lower level of the sheds are used to store the rail cars when they are not in use. The upper level is mostly empty space, consisting of the concrete troughs where tracks once stood and their platforms. However, some of it is used for offices, a train operators' lounge and storage.
Numerous proposals for adaptive reuse of the unused portion of the upper level of the terminal sheds have been floated publicly by various parties, including: a casino, a farmers market and loft apartments.[2]
In 1982, an addition was built on the east end of the terminal building, which has a modern rail maintenance shop for servicing the rail fleet. This addition also contains some administrative offices.
References
External links
- Metro Rail Maintenance facility
- NFTA Rail Maintenance Building (Wikimapia)
- DL&W Map (Buffalo-Rochester Area)
