Buffalo Metro Rail

what is it?

Metro Rail is the public transit rail system in Buffalo, New York, operated by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA). The system consists of a single, 6.4-mile-long (10.3 km) light rail line that runs for most of the length of Main Street (New York State Route 5) from the new DL&W Station in Canalside, to the south campus of the University at Buffalo in the northeast corner of the city. The first section of the line opened in October 1984 as the state's only rail transit system outside of New York City after Rochester's was abandoned in June 1956.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 80 km/htop speed
• power 403 kWpower output
• seats 210passengers

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 42 years ago, in 1984.
• 🚗403 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏20.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 210: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• 🧓Still in service after 42 years.

tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.

spec sheet

built

1984

in service from

1984

status

in service

number built

—

kind

tram / light rail

traction

electric

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Japan Transport Engineering Company

operators

Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

top speed

80 km/h

power

403 kW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′

formation

2 to 4–car sets

length

20.1 m

capacity

210 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.