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Lake Shore Limited: Buffalo-Depew, NY

The Buffalo-Depew station opened in the late 1970s and is one of two in Buffalo, although the Lake Shore Limited only stops here.

To the east of Buffalo, the train passes the ruins of Buffalo Central Terminal, an Art Deco station built in 1929 on a design by the firm of Fellheimer and Wagner. The massive structure was ill-fated from the beginning, opening at the start of the Great Depression and located in a remote area to the east of downtown in anticipation of city growth that never occurred. Passenger service ceased in 1979 and subsequent efforts at redevelopment have achieved only modest success at restraining the effects of weather and vandals.

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