Lafayette Square station
Light rail station in Buffalo, New York, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lafayette Square (officially Evans Bank @ Lafayette Square since November 8, 2019, for sponsorship purposes) 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. On February 28, 2019, The Buffalo News announced that Evans Bank, which opened its downtown headquarters in the Main-Court Building the previous October, bought the naming rights to the station for nearly $161,000 for five years and nearly $352,000 if extended to 10 years.[3]
Lafayette Square | |||||||||||
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Buffalo Metro Rail station | |||||||||||
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Other names | Evans Bank @ Lafayette Square | ||||||||||
Location | 415 Main Street Buffalo, New York | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°53′12″N 78°52′26″W | ||||||||||
Owned by | NFTA | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 low-level side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | Free fare | ||||||||||
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Opened | October 9, 1984; 39 years ago (1984-10-09)[1] | ||||||||||
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2017 | 470,680[2] | ||||||||||
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