Fountain Plaza station

Fountain Plaza
Buffalo Metro Rail station
Fountain Plaza station's inbound platform, with the outbound platform in the background
General information
Location	500 block of Main Street Buffalo, New York 14202
Coordinates	42°53′22″N 78°52′23″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 (inbound) Paid fare (outbound)
History
Opened	October 9, 1984
Rebuilt	March 30 - October 14, 2014
Previous names	Huron
Services
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Former services
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Fountain Plaza (formerly Huron) is a Buffalo Metro Rail station located in the 500 block of Main Street between Huron and Chippewa Streets. The Fountain Plaza serves the northern section of the Buffalo Downtown Central Business District and the Buffalo Theater District since the permanent closing of Theater Station on February 18, 2013. Fountain Plaza is at the north end of the Free Fare Zone, where customers traveling north are required to have proof-of-payment.

Bus routes serving Fountain Plaza station

• At West Chippewa and Pearl Streets (heading south only):
  • 7 Baynes-Richmond (inbound)
  • 8 Main (inbound)
  • 64 Lockport (inbound)
  • 66 Williamsville
  • 67 Cleveland Hill
  • 81 Eastside (inbound)
  • 204 Airport-Downtown Express
• At East Chippewa and Washington Streets (heading south only):
  • 74 Hamburg

Notable places nearby

Fountain Plaza station is located near:

• Alleyway Theatre
• Andrews Theatre
• Babeville
• Courier Express Building
• Market Arcade Building
• AMC Market Arcade 8
• Shea's Performing Arts Center
• Trinity Episcopal Church
• Fountain Plaza
• Buffalo Savings Bank (now M & T Bank)
• Calumet Building
• Electric Building
• Genesee Building (now Hyatt Regency Hotel)
• Genesee Hotel (now Olympic Towers)
• New Era Cap Company
• The Avant (formerly Thaddeus J. Dulski Federal Building)

See also

• List of Buffalo Metro Rail stations

External links

• Media related to Fountain Plaza (Metro Rail) at Wikimedia Commons