Seneca (officially Merchants Insurance @ Seneca since June 27, 2019 for sponsorship purposes) 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 Canalside and Fountain Plaza station. Passengers continuing northbound past Fountain Plaza are required to provide proof-of-payment. 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]
Seneca | |||||||||||
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 Southbound platform of Seneca station in November 2020, after sponsorship by Merchants Insurance. Seneca One Tower is in the background. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Other names | Merchants Insurance @ Seneca | ||||||||||
| Location | 200 Main Street Buffalo, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 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 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | 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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Bus routes
edit- 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
editSeneca station is located near:
- Buffalo–Exchange Street station (Amtrak train station)
- Burt Flickinger Center
- Erie Community College, city campus (also Old Post Office)
- Sahlen Field (formerly Coca-Cola Field, Dunn Tire Park, North AmeriCare Park, Downtown Ballpark and Pilot Field)
- Seneca One Tower (formerly One HSBC Center)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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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