Amtrak

The station is nothing special, but it’s nice and calm and there is free parking which is super useful if you’re commuting.
Amtrak as a whole is a mixed bag. I definitely wouldn’t take it if I had some strict timelines and deadlines as trains are often late and delayed as freight has priority in the US track. It’s abysmal if you’re used to traveling by train in most of Europe where trains are on-​the-​dot on time. If the schedule says it’s arriving at 6:11 in Europe, it will be there then and depart on the minute. Not so with Amtrak or train travel in the US, but it’s nice and calm and there is free wifi. Wifi generally works better, in my experience on the train than on a bus, so it’s useful to get some work done. Seats are comfortable and there is usually plenty of space so you have both seats to yourself if you’re doing a short stint (i.e. Buffalo to Syracuse).
The station has limited amenities; a couple vending machines for coffee and snacks and bathrooms, so nothing fancy — but free parking!

We took a train from Depew to NYC on Thanksgiving. The wifi wasn’t working and an announcement was made that the wifi would be down for the duration of the 8 hour ride. This was a big disappointment. This made for a boring ride. Then they made an announcement that they had issues with the signals and we would be traveling very slowly for awhile. By slowly, they meant at the pace of a snail. This delayed us a lot. The bathroom was absolutely disgusting. The smell of urine was intoxicating. Next time I’ll take a plane!

Deepening on where you’re going it’s probably cheaper and much faster to fly.
This station is very small… Which is nice for pick up and drop off.

The best thing about dechurch is depew. You know what I mean? I don’t have a one track mind, I have an Amtrak mind.
I feel bad because I once left my friend from England sleeping in this station for ages. Sometimes I wish I could go back and undo some of the annoying things I did in the past. But I’ve tried to make up for them and I won’t do them in the future if I can help it.
I don’t have much to say about Depew Train Station except that it’s been the beginning of many wonderful journeys for me… riding the train to NYC or wherever is so much more comfortable than the Greyhound bus, and this is a lovely little station with an open platform that you can access without even going inside… it’s 24 hours… tickets are relatively cheap for the luxuriousness of the journey… all in all I highly recommend this station and travelling by train in general.

Very small train station but it kept things simple, no getting lost or waiting in the wrong section, as there was only one place to wait. easy peasy.

This is your typical small-​town train station. Fairly small, outdated waiting room, with floors that have decades of grime that will never be polished out. But ultimately, it’s not the station you’re spending hours in, it’s the train. The ticketmaster behind the glass was grouchy –after reading other review, must have just been that he was having a bad day. But his behavior was unprofessional. After a rudimentary greeting to me, he continued to talk under his breath about the previous customer who had caused some hubbub. Something about too many carry-​on bags…
After waiting only a half hour, the train was right on time. Waiting outside for the last 15 minutes was the highlight of the train station visit. Once on the train, I was pleasantly surprised to see that there were plenty of seats available and was fortunate to have both the window and aisle seat all to myself the entire ride to Penn Station. Granted, it was Thursday morning, 9am, but still, would’ve thought there’d have been some commuter traffic in Utica or Albany. The staff was pleasant and helpful in handing up my baggage to me and directing me to the right car. The café car was clean and well-​attended, though a bit mediocre in food selection. And if you happen to be on a diet or a health kick, forget about it –just pack your own snacks. The only healthy food they have is Greek yogurt (yum!) and very expensive fresh fruit ($ 1 for one banana). The café car staff was mediocre as well. I had a Tim Horton’s cup that I had some tea in earlier when I first got on the train. I asked the attendant if he could just fill it up with some more hot tea, so as to save a cup. He said it was against the rules, something about counting the number of cups and tea bags that are sold each day. Fine, I’ll go with it. But I still wanted to be able to recycle my TH cup, as well as the cardboard sleeve. «No recycling on board.» Well, ok then. Amtrak is a bit antiquated as far as being «green». I saw how much cardboard, plastic and paper was being thrown away, from the danish wrappings to the microwavable pizza containers. It’s a shame.
Ok, rest of the ride to NYC was great. On the way home, that Sunday, well that was another story! The staff was particularly rude and unaccommodating. Everyone nearby me in my car noticed as well. All of a sudden in Utica, at 11pm, there was assigned seating –the train attendant went around and collapsed foot rests of passengers who were sleeping to get them to move to their «correct seat».
The train was packed from the moment we left Penn right up until Buffalo. In fact, when we stopped in Rochester at 2:30am, another two dozen passengers boarded! My advice if you’re traveling late at night: bring noise-​cancelling earphones (because there’s always That Guy who is on board to make friends and chatter the whole night), a warm blanket, a pillow and some back support, as well as a smartphone or an iPod with a never-​ending music playlist –there is no Wifi! The AC was blasting from the moment we left Penn. Numerous passengers asked the conductor to turn it down but because it was located on the OUTSIDE of the train, the answer was ‘no’. I kid you not, it had to have been 50 degrees. My lips turned blue about 3 hours into the trip. Around 9pm the «heat» came on –you could only feel the benefits of this so-​called heat if you were sitting in a window seat and had your bare leg pressed between the chair and the floorboard vent, something that becomes very uncomfortable after 45 minutes.
We arrived in Buffalo 3 hours later than originally scheduled, due to numerous slow-​downs and pull-​overs to let other trains pass. Because Amtrak doesn’t own the rights of the railroad tracks, we don’t have right away and therefore must let cargo trains pass, hence the many 30-​minute stops in the middle of nowhere.
Bottom line, if you have an additional $ 100, spend it on airfare and enjoy the 56 minute plane trip to NYC, rather than the 12 hour ride-​from-​hell in the refrigerated section of Amtrak.

Depew Station is good and clean. I took a train from Chicago to here. The train reached at the promised time. The station is well staffed with two station officers even at midnight. No need to worry about, as there is 24×7 prompt taxi service through «airport taxi service» company. On request, the Amtrak staff will call a taxi for you. On the date I’m writing this review, the taxi fare cost from this train station to buffalo airport is $ 15. If you are planning to visit the Niagara Falls, you may not need to rent the car. Taxi will drop you at Niagara Falls Park in $ 60 – 70

The joy of travel!
For the first time in a decade, my family and I took a train trip, more specifically, a roundtrip journey on the Lake Shore Limited from Buffalo to Chicago. We found a parking spot very close to the east side of the station but if that lot had been full, we would have been able to find parking on the west side, which rarely fills up.
Staff members at the station and on the trains were superb — friendly, easy-​going, and willing to go out of their way to deliver top-​notch service. Check-​in was easy — an employee merely scanned our e-​ticket and we were all set.
Our coach-​class seats were big and roomy — far more comfortable and spacious than most first-​class seats on planes and the stewards gave each passenger a free pillow.
We ate breakfast (scrambled eggs, croissants, pancakes, orange juice, and homestyle potatoes) in the dining car, The food was wonderful, especially the seasoning on the potatoes.
Our train left Depew at midnight and arrived EARLY at Union Station in Chicago the next morning. We took the 9:45 pm train back to Depew and arrived on time.
Finally, since we bought our tickets 3 months in advance, the cost was minimal — far less than a ticket for a bus or plane, or if we had taken our car, and because of Amtrak’s double reward special, we received double guest rewards points.
Given how nightmarish air travel can be these days, I’m grateful Amtrak is providing travelers with a pleasant and affordable alternative.

I take the train from Buffalo to pick up family in Albany (and drive them back to Buffalo!) every few months and really love the convenience of this station. It’s a suburban Amtrak set off of Dick Road where you would never think to find it. The price for a trip to Albany is very affordable ($ 67 this time) and you get to sit back on a Saturday morning, relax, read the paper, drink coffee, and do productive things (read: write this Unilocal review) and not have to drive across the state!
The station itself is fine — it’s your basic old waiting room but I’ve never seen it too hot or too cold in summer /​winter. There are vending machines for soda, coffee, snacks, and the paper so you can grab something before you get on the train (or you can use the café car on the train!)
The ticket people are always wicked nice. I order my ticket online the night before the train and they will print it for me before the trip. The train from Buffalo is usually pretty empty and I’ve always been able to get an entire two-​seat-​row to myself. There is AC Power for laptops and WiFi for all your electronic devices. NOTE: the WiFi has limits to downloads and at least check you can’t watch Netflix, streaming services. It can be spotty but has been improving.
The service at the café car is fine, and the food is standard-​not so great but not terrible train faire. The bathrooms are clean. The cars have never been anything but quiet (I travel in the a.m. and half the people are asleep).
Another note — the parking lot at this (Depew) station fills up! Both the station and the lot are undergoing renovations at the moment (⁰⁸⁄₂₀₁₂) so it’s even tighter. I’m hoping the renovations include better parking. I’ve never had an worries about parking my car there for a day /​overnight, but just an FYI that it gets full and you may have to park on the side of the grass.
All in all, I’m happy that this is here, is convenient, and is a great, cheap way to travel when you don’t want to drive. These Saturday mornings (train leaves at 7:30 from Buffalo and gets to Albany at about 1pm) are wicked productive and I get a ton of work (and reading) done.

I decided to amtrak it to Syracuse this past weekend. Hell, it’s $ 35 each way, makes only one stop (in Roch) and takes 2 ½ hours. Nearly quicker than driving, and gives me time to do sudoko and read an entire book.
The parking lot sucks (not enough spaces), the station smells like urine (and don’t even go in the restrooms) and the other passengers can be a bit… interesting.
Overall, a good trip but I HATE that the train takes FOREVER to NYC. Otherwise, I’d take it more often.