Citizens Regional Transit Corporation - Tonawanda Corridor - Niagara River Line

Niagara River Line
Legend
to Niagara Falls Shuttle
Shredded Wheat
Fort Schlosser
Electra
Echota
Occidental (Iroquois St.)
LaSalle Bridge (G.I. Bridges)
71st St.
Parkvue
Cayuga Island (86th St.
Lynch Park
Green Acres
Wheatfield (Summit Business Park)
Riverside Park
Gratwick
Roblin
Little River
Twin Cities (Amtrak connection)
Tonawanda
to Tonawanda Corridor

The Niagara River Line is treated separate from the Tonawandas Line and the Niagara Falls Shuttle.

This extension would add a total of sixteen new stations and would share eleven stations of the Tonawanda Line and eleven stations of the Niagara Falls Shuttle for a total of thirty-eight stations.

The stations of the Niagara River Line would be expected to open at Shredded Wheat, Fort Schlosser, Electra, Echota, Occidental, LaSalle Bridge (Grand Island Bridges), 71st Street, Parkvue, Cayuga Island, Lynch Park, Green Acres, Wheatfield, Riverside Park, Gratwick, Roblin, Little River, Twin Cities (new Amtrak connection could be made here) and Tonawanda Transit Center.

This proposed section is expected to carry the fewest riders of the proposals, creating a very high cost per passenger for service to run.

The benefits from having this line, however, are of particular interest to Niagara County residents and the visitors to the Niagara Falls area.

It was also envisioned that an express service could be created, utilizing the Niagara River Line and the Belt Line East Line, creating a one line travel route between Niagara Falls and the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. This alternative route would be attractive for tourists to use between the many Niagara Falls attractions and the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. Preliminary ideas also had these Niagara Falls to Airport trains able to operate "express" on the available tracks with very limited stops, usually at high boarding stops along the way (such as Downtown Niagara Falls stops and the Amtrak stop at the newly created Twin Cities station).

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