Seneca station (Buffalo Metro Rail)

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.[2]

Merchants Insurance @ Seneca
Buffalo Metro Rail station
Seneca station's outbound platform in July 2019.
Location200 block of Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14202
Coordinates42°52′52″N 78°52′33″W
Owned byNiagara Frontier Transportation Authority
Platforms2 low-level side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
  Empire Service
  Maple Leaf
at Buffalo–Exchange Street station
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneFree fare
History
OpenedOctober 9, 1984
Traffic
Passengers (2017)117,217[1]
Services
Preceding station NFTA Following station
Erie Canal Harbor
toward Special Events
 Metro Rail Church
toward University

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
  1. "Metro Rail Expansion Project Final Scoping Document" (PDF). May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  2. "Merchants Insurance to sponsor Metro Rail's Seneca Street station". June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.


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