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Fountain Plaza station

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Line(s)
  
Metro Rail

Structure type
  
At-grade

Tracks
  
2

Opened
  
9 October 1984

Fountain Plaza station

Location
  
500 block of Main Street Buffalo, New York 14202

Owned by
  
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

Platforms
  
2 low-level side platforms

Address
  
Buffalo, NY 14203, United States

Owner
  
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

Similar
  
Allen/Medical Campus station, Erie Canal Harbor station, Summer–Best station, Special Events station, One M&T Plaza

Fountain Plaza (formerly Huron) is a Buffalo Metro Rail station located in the 500 block of Main Street between Huron and Chippewa Streets. The Fountain Plaza serves the northern section of the Buffalo Downtown Central Business District and the Buffalo Theater District since the permanent closing of Theater Station on February 18, 2013. Fountain Plaza is at the north end of the Free Fare Zone, where customers traveling north are required to have proof-of-payment.

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Bus routes serving Fountain Plaza station

  • At West Chippewa and Pearl Streets (heading south only):
  • 7 Baynes-Richmond (inbound)
  • 8 Main (inbound)
  • 64 Lockport (inbound)
  • 66 Williamsville
  • 67 Cleveland Hill
  • 81 Eastside (inbound)
  • 204 Airport-Downtown Express
  • At East Chippewa and Washington Streets (heading south only):
  • 74 Hamburg

    • Notable places nearby

    Fountain Plaza station is located near:

  • Alleyway Theatre
  • Andrews Theatre
  • Babeville
  • Courier Express Building
  • Market Arcade Building
  • Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre
  • Shea's Performing Arts Center
  • Trinity Episcopal Church
  • Fountain Plaza
  • Buffalo Savings Bank (now M & T Bank)
  • Calumet Building
  • Electric Building
  • Genesee Building (now Hyatt Regency Hotel)
  • Genesee Hotel (now Olympic Towers)
  • New Era Cap Company
  • The Avant (formerly Thaddeus J. Dulski Federal Building)

    • References

    Fountain Plaza station Wikipedia
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