Seneca station (Buffalo Metro Rail)
Merchants Insurance @ Seneca | |||||||||||
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| Buffalo Metro Rail station | |||||||||||
 The southbound platform of Seneca station in November 2020, after being repainted for Merchants Mutual. Seneca One Tower is in the background. | |||||||||||
| Location | 200 Main Street , Buffalo, New York 14202 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°52′52″N 78°52′33″W / 42.88111°N 78.87583°WCoordinates: 42°52′52″N 78°52′33″W / 42.88111°N 78.87583°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | NFTA | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 low-level side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | at Buffalo–Exchange Street station | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | Free fare | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | October 9, 1984[1] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 117,217[2] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Merchants Insurance @ Seneca (formerly Seneca until June 27, 2019) is a Buffalo Metro Rail station located in the 200 block of Main Street between Seneca and Swan Streets in the Free Fare Zone, which allows passengers free travel between Erie Canal Harbor and Fountain Plaza station. Passengers continuing northbound past Fountain Plaza are required to provide proof-of-payment. Seneca is one of only two stations that are the closest to the Amtrak Exchange Street station located on Exchange Street (just east of Washington Street) beneath Interstate 190 (the other being Erie Canal Harbor). On June 27, 2019, The Buffalo News announced that Merchants Insurance, which has been located at 260 Main Street since the 1960s, bought the naming rights for $161,000 for initially five years, with the option to renew for another five years.[3]
Bus routes[]
- At Seneca and Main Streets:
- 66 Williamsville
- 67 Cleveland Hill
- 69 Alden (outbound)
- 79 Tonawanda (inbound)
- 81 Eastside (inbound)
- 204 Downtown/Airport Express (inbound)
- At Seneca and Pearl Streets:
- 8 Main (inbound)
- 64 Lockport (outbound)
- 70 East Aurora (inbound)
- 72 Orchard Park (inbound)
- 74 Hamburg (outbound)
- 75 West Seneca (outbound)
- 76 Lotus Bay (outbound)
- At Seneca and Washington Streets (heading north, east or south):
- 6 Sycamore
- 8 Main (outbound)
- 14 Abbott
- 16 South Park
- 24 Genesee
- 42 Lackawanna
- 61 North Tonawanda (outbound)
- 68 George Urban (outbound)
- 70 East Aurora (outbound)
- 72 Orchard Park (outbound)
- 79 Tonawanda (outbound)
Notable places nearby[]
Merchants Insurance @ Seneca station is located near:
- Amtrak-Buffalo (Exchange Street)
- Burt Flickinger Center
- Erie Community College, city campus (also Old Post Office)
- One Seneca Center (formerly One HSBC Center)
- Sahlen Field (formerly Coca-Cola Field, Dunn Tire Park, North AmeriCare Park, Downtown Ballpark and Pilot Field)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Gargan, Edward A. (October 11, 1984). "Trolley Line Returns to Buffalo". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Massachusetts. New York Times Wire Service. p. 33. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Metro Rail Expansion Project Final Scoping Document" (PDF). May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Merchants Insurance to sponsor Metro Rail's Seneca Street station". June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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