NFTA Rail Maintenance Yard

NFTA Rail Maintenance Yard Car barn
1971 view of DLW Terminal, before its main building was demolished.
Station statistics
Address	29 South Park Avenue
Lines	Buffalo Metro Rail
Tracks	5
Parking	Employees only
Other information
Opened	1917(DL&W) 1985(NFTA)
Owned by	Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
Formerly	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Terminal
Services
Preceding station   Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad   Following station Terminus Main Line East Buffalo toward Hoboken

The Metro Rail Maintenance Yard or "South Park Terminal" houses Buffalo Metro Rail's 27 cars at the train shed at the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad terminal in the Cobblestone District of Buffalo, New York, USA, located at the southernmost fringe of the Central Business District. The station was originally built in 1917, and was designed to handle both steam trains and steam ships.^[1] The storage and maintenance facility was converted in 1982 with the demolition of the former ticket hall of the DLW Terminal in 1979.

The NFTA only use the lower portion of the sheds, with the upper level still abandoned.

Numerous proposals for adaptive reuse of the terminal have been floated publicly by various parties, including: a casino, a farmers market and loft apartments.^[2]

References

1. ^ Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western RR. Lackawanna Terminal (Buffalo Boat Depot), Buffalo New York
2. ^ DL&W Terminal (Forgotten Buffalo.com)

External links

• Metro Rail Maintenance facility
• NFTA Rail Maintenance Building (Wikimapia)
• DL&W Map (Buffalo-Rochester Area)