Buffalo–Exchange Street station
Buffalo–Exchange Street station is an Amtrak station in Buffalo, New York. The station serves six Amtrak trains daily: two daily Empire Service round trips between Niagara Falls and New York City and one Maple Leaf round trip between Toronto and New York City. There is also daily Amtrak Thruway bus service (operated by Coach USA) at the station, operating between the Buffalo Metropolitan Transportation Center and Jamestown station in Jamestown, New York, via Dunkirk and Fredonia, and serving the communities along the southeast shore of Lake Erie.
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Exchange Street station nearing the end of construction, November 2020. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 75 Exchange Street Buffalo, New York United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42.8783°N 78.8738°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | New York State Department of Transportation, CSX Transportation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Empire Corridor (Buffalo Terminal Subdivision) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 10 long term and 10 short term | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: BFX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IATA code | ZXS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1848, 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1935, 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1978, August 2019–November 8, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2022 | 47,884 (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Local transportation is provided by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), which operates buses and the Buffalo Metro Rail. Buffalo–Exchange Street is located close to Metro Rail's Erie Canal Harbor station and the two stations are connected by a lit pathway beneath Interstate 190 with decorative cement and signage. The station is close to the KeyBank Center and Sahlen Field.
The station has one high-level side platform on the north side of two tracks. It is one of two stations in the Buffalo area, the other being Buffalo–Depew station which serves the Lake Shore Limited. The current station is the fifth train station to be built at the current site, it was rebuilt in 2020.