Canalside station

Erie Canal Harbor
Buffalo Metro Rail station
Erie Canal Harbor Station platforms with One Seneca Center in the background
General information
Location	100 block of Main Street Buffalo, New York 14202
Coordinates	42°52′40″N 78°52′37″W
Owned by	Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Metro Rail
Platforms	2 low-level side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Free fare
History
Opened	October 9, 1984
Previous names	Auditorium
Services
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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 First Niagara Center, at which point Special Events Station is 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)
• 14 Abbott
• 16 South Park
• 36 Hamburg
• 74 Hamburg

Notable places nearby

Erie Canal Harbor Station is located near:

• Amtrak-Buffalo (Exchange Street)
• Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park
• Buffalo Memorial Auditorium (demolished in 2009)
• Erie Canal Harbor
• First Niagara Center (formerly HSBC Arena)
• HARBORcenter
• One Canalside

See also

• List of Buffalo Metro Rail stations