Seneca station (Buffalo Metro Rail)
Seneca | |||||||||||
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Buffalo Metro Rail station | |||||||||||
Seneca Station's inbound platform, with the outbound platform in the background | |||||||||||
Location |
200 block of 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 | 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 | ||||||||||
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Seneca 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 Station and Fountain Plaza Station. Passengers continuing northbound past Fountain Plaza are required to provide proof-of-payment. Seneca Station 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 Station, located 1,584 feet south).
Bus routes serving Seneca Station
In addition to the numerous intercity bus lines serving the Buffalo Metropolitan Transportation Center, the following NFTA bus routes provide service to Seneca Station:
- At Seneca and Main Streets:
- 60 Niagara Falls (inbound)
- 61 North Tonawanda (inbound)
- 64 Lockport (inbound)
- 66 Williamsville
- 67 Cleveland Hill
- 68 George Urban (inbound)
- 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:
- 6 Sycamore
- 8 Main (outbound)
- 14 Abbott
- 16 South Park
- 24 Genesee
- 36 Hamburg
- 61 North Tonawanda (outbound)
- 68 George Urban (outbound)
- 70 East Aurora (outbound)
- 72 Orchard Park (outbound)
- 79 Tonawanda (outbound)
Notable places nearby
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)
- Coca-Cola Field (formerly Dunn Tire Park, North AmeriCare Park, Downtown Ballpark and Pilot Field)