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#1 Sloan

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Posted 28 November 2006 - 09:12 PM

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Posted 29 November 2006 - 01:58 PM

Heck with stopping at Amherst, let's go all the way to Niagara Falls! Imagine the potential once the tourist market is tapped. If they could get LRT to the hotel district on the New York side of the Falls, people could then walk across the Rainbow Bridge to the attractions on the Ontario side.


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Posted 29 November 2006 - 04:01 PM



Imagine the potential once the tourist market is tapped. If they could get LRT to the hotel district on the New York side of the Falls, people could then walk across the Rainbow Bridge to the attractions on the Ontario side.



Sounds like a good idea. Possibly could help with farebox recovery.

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Posted 17 October 2011 - 03:01 AM

The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority plans to conduct an analysis of the Amherst-Buffalo Corridor, which potentially would connect the current the Light Rail System in Buffalo to the UB North Campus in Amherst.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetroMagazine-IndustryNews/~4/3ks-JKqiFT4View the full article


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Posted 27 April 2013 - 12:55 PM

Buffalo, NY News, 4/23/13:

Sen. Charles E. Schumer is emerging as a Washington advocate for new efforts to extend Metro Rail to Amherst as he seeks a streamlined bureaucratic process to save $1 million in costs and cut a year off the timeline.

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Posted 20 June 2013 - 12:05 PM

Buffalo, NY News, 6/18/13:

The U.S. government has agreed to change the terms of a $1.2 million federal grant to allow the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority to speed up its study of building a mass transit link between downtown Buffalo and Amherst.

Here is the story. It would be great if they could find their way to Niagara Falls, too.


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Posted 17 August 2015 - 09:14 AM

From O Scale Trolley Modelers:

 

 

BUFFALO News reports that support is building to extend the city's starter light rail line which mostly operates in an LRV subway and only has surface tracks downtown. The proposal is to connect to suburban Amherst on a surface alignment. Buffalo operates the longest four-axle LRVs in North America. "If rail is selected, it will prove expensive. The 6.4-mile line serving the City of Buffalo cost $535 million to build more than three decades ago. The Niagara Falls Boulevard rail extension to the North Campus would total 5.6 miles, while the Millersport extension."

 

 

 



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Posted 10 January 2017 - 01:09 AM

Buffalo, NY Rising, 1/9/17:

 


 

State to Support Light Rail Extension to Amherst, Other Projects

 

Governor Cuomo in his State of the State 2017 address promised State support to extend the light rail system to the UB Amherst North Campus and establishment of a transit hub in the DL&W terminal at the foot of Main Street.  The projects are part of the Buffalo Billion II program unveiled today that includes 20 different programs and initiatives totaling $500 million.

Full story here.



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Posted 10 January 2017 - 10:12 AM

 

SNIP:  

Erie County Legislator Ed Rath, says he wants more information. 

In a statement he said:

"While this issue has been talked about often in the past, it hasn't moved forward. I looked forward to hearing more details about the proposal."

Ain't that the truth. Hopefully this time around, Buffalo get the funding it needs to expand rail transit.   :closedeyes:  Sloan

 

Rest of story and video are here:

 

http://www.wkbw.com/...more-light-rail



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Posted 10 January 2017 - 10:45 PM

Yes Sloan the existing Metro light rail was only supposed to be a starter line.  I could foresee extensions perhaps to the Buffalo International Airport, and maybe up to Niagara Falls, although getting across the rivers around Grand Island might be a challenge without new bridges.



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