Buffalo-Depew station

Buffalo–Depew
Amtrak regional station
The station on a hazy evening in December 2014.
Location	55 Dick Road Depew, NY 14043
Coordinates	42°54′26″N 78°43′36″W / 42.9071°N 78.7266°W / 42.9071; -78.7266Coordinates: 42°54′26″N 78°43′36″W / 42.9071°N 78.7266°W / 42.9071; -78.7266
Owned by	State of New York
Line(s)	Empire Corridor (Rochester Subdivision)
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	4
Bus operators	Bus Route 46
Construction
Parking	Yes; free
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	BUF
History
Opened	October 28, 1979
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	108,111  7.72%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Buffalo–Exchange Street toward Niagara Falls, NY Empire Service Rochester toward New York–Penn or New York–Grand Central Buffalo–Exchange Street toward Toronto Maple Leaf Erie toward Chicago Lake Shore Limited Rochester toward New York City or Boston South Station

Buffalo–Depew is an Amtrak train station in Depew, New York. It was built in 1979 to replace the Buffalo Central Terminal as Buffalo's main Amtrak station.

The station is near the site where in 1893, Empire State Express Locomotive #999 attained its alleged top speed of 112.5 miles per hour (181 km/h), making it the fastest locomotive of its time. The station is served by eight daily departures, four in each direction. The Empire Service has four trains daily between New York City and Niagara Falls, the Lake Shore Limited operates two trains daily between Boston, New York City, and Chicago, and the Maple Leaf consists of two trains daily between New York City and Toronto.

Service to Depew began on October 28, 1979; Buffalo Central Terminal had closed that morning. The original building was a trailer which had previously served as the temporary station building in Dearborn, Michigan (Dearborn opened on October 1, 1979). The permanent building was financed by the New York Department of Transportation. On September 23, 2014, a bison statue was dedicated on the lawn in front of the depot. It recalls two similar pieces that once occupied prominent spots inside Buffalo Central Terminal. Funding for the fiberglass statue was raised by railroad heritage and advocacy groups within the state. A new bison statue has also been placed in Buffalo Central Terminal by the Buffalo Central Terminal Restoration Corporation.

West of the station, the Lake Shore Limited breaks off of the corridor onto the Lake Shore Subdivision, while Maple Leaf and Empire trains continue along the Rochester Subdivision.