Lafayette Square (Metro Rail)

Lafayette Square
Buffalo Metro Rail station
File:Lafayette Square Station.jpg Outbound train arriving at Lafayette Square Station
Location	400 block of Main Street Buffalo, New York 14202
Coordinates
Owned by	Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
Line(s)
Platforms	2 low-level side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Free fare
History
Opened	October 9, 1984
Services
Preceding station   NFTA   Following station Church toward Special Events Metro Rail Fountain Plaza toward University

Lafayette Square is a Buffalo Metro Rail station near City Hall and is near the center of the Buffalo Central Business District at Lafayette Square located in the 400 block of Main Street (between Lafayette Square and Mohawk 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 have proof-of-payment. Lafayette Square Station is the closest to the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library located one block east at Washington and Clinton Streets.

Bus routes serving Lafayette Square Station

• At Court and Main Streets (heading east only):
  • 1 William
  • 2 Clinton
  • 4 Broadway

• At Court and Pearl Streets (heading east, west or south):
  • 1 William
  • 2 Clinton
  • 3 Grant (inbound)
  • 4 Broadway
  • 5 Niagara-Kenmore (inbound)
  • 7 Baynes-Richmond (inbound)
  • 8 Main (inbound)
  • 11 Colvin (inbound)
  • 20 Elmwood (inbound)
  • 25 Delaware (inbound)
  • 40 Grand Island (inbound)
  • 60 Niagara Falls (inbound)
  • 61 North Tonawanda (inbound)
  • 64 Lockport (inbound)
  • 66 Williamsville
  • 67 Cleveland Hill
  • 68 George Urban (inbound)
  • 69 Alden (outbound)
  • 74 Hamburg (outbound)
  • 79 Tonawanda (inbound)
  • 81 Eastside (inbound)
  • 204 Airport-Downtown Express

• At Lafayette Square and Washington Street (heading south only):
  • 6 Sycamore (inbound)
  • 14 Abbott (outbound)
  • 16 South Park (outbound)
  • 24 Genesee (inbound)
  • 36 Hamburg (outbound)
  • 70 East Aurora (outbound)
  • 72 Orchard Park (outbound)
  • 74 Hamburg (inbound)
  • 76 Lotus Bay (inbound)

Notable places nearby

Lafayette Square Station is located near:

• Buffalo City Hall
• Buffalo-Niagara Convention Center
• Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Central Branch)
• Hotel Lafayette
• Liberty Building
• Main Place Tower
• Rand Building
• Statler Hotel (now Statler Towers)

See also

• List of Buffalo Metro Rail stations

External links

• Station from Lafayette Square from Google Maps Street View