Erie Canal Harbor station
Erie Canal Harbor | |||||||||||
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Buffalo Metro Rail station | |||||||||||
Erie Canal Harbor Station platforms with One Seneca Center in the background | |||||||||||
Location |
100 block of Main Street Buffalo, New York 14202 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°52′40″N 78°52′37″W / 42.87778°N 78.87694°WCoordinates: 42°52′40″N 78°52′37″W / 42.87778°N 78.87694°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 low-level side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Fare zone | Free fare | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | October 9, 1984 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Auditorium | ||||||||||
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Erie Canal Harbor (formerly Auditorium until September 1, 2003) is a Buffalo Metro Rail station located in the 100 block of Main Street (just north of Hanover and Scott Streets) next to the former Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in the Free Fare Zone, which allows passengers free travel between the Erie Canal Harbor Station and Fountain Plaza Station. Passengers continuing past Fountain Plaza Station are required to provide proof-of-payment. Unless there are events occurring at KeyBank Center, in which case Special Events Station will be utilized, this is the southern terminus of Metro Rail. Since Erie Canal Harbor Station serves as a terminal, immediately north is a double crossover. Erie Canal Harbor Station is one of only two stations that are the closest to the Amtrak Exchange Street Station located on Exchange Street between Washington and Oak Streets beneath Interstate 190 (the other being Seneca Station, located 1,584 feet north).
Bus routes serving Erie Canal Harbor Station
- 6 Sycamore
- 8 Main (outbound)
Notable places nearby
Erie Canal Harbor Station is located near:
- Amtrak-Buffalo (Exchange Street)
- Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park
- Canalside
- KeyBank Center (formerly First Niagara Center, HSBC Arena, Marine Midland Arena and Crossroads Arena)
- HarborCenter
- Buffalo Memorial Auditorium (demolished in 2009)