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Re: NY congressman Higgins writes Amtrak's Moorman in support of reopening Buffalo Central Terminal |
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Posted by Joe V on Tue Mar 14 16:04:33 2017, in response to Re: NY congressman Higgins writes Amtrak's Moorman in support of reopening Buffalo Central Terminal, posted by NIMBYkiller on Tue Mar 14 15:41:55 2017. I don't think it is that important to be in downtown when we are talking about Buffalo. Look at the rider states, and Exchange St is not that popular compared to Depew. AT least at Exchaneg STreet, you can walk to the Light Rail and NFTA bus terminal, which is not something you want to do when several of the trains pass through Buffalo anyway.Depew is fine. It is a nice suburban area 2 miles form the airport and car rentals. The Maple Leaf is not that important anymore compared to a NFL terminating train. Customs behavior and procedures have killed most of the business. Look at the VIA Rail annual report. It carries on average 43 people per trip, is the worst performing route in the system, and has a subsidy per passenger mile of $4.02. Even the poor performing Quebec remote trains of 1 coach each perform at a $2.53 subsidy per passenger mile. |
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