Fountain Plaza (formerly Huron) is a
Buffalo Metro Rail
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station located in the 500 block of Main Street between Huron and Chippewa Streets. Fountain Plaza serves the northern section of the Buffalo Downtown Central Business District and the
Buffalo Theater District
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since the permanent closing of
Theater
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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 connections
* 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
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Babeville
* Courier Express Building
* Market Arcade Building
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Market Arcade 8
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Shea's Performing Arts Center
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Trinity Episcopal Church
* Fountain Plaza
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Buffalo Savings Bank (now M & T Bank)
* Calumet Building
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Electric Building
* Genesee Building (now Hyatt Regency Hotel)
* Genesee Hotel (now Olympic Towers)
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New Era Cap Company
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The Avant (formerly Thaddeus J. Dulski Federal Building)
See also
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List of Buffalo Metro Rail stations
Buffalo Metro Rail is the public transit rail system in Buffalo, New York, operated by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA). The system consists of a single, light rail line that runs for most of the length of Main Street ( New Y ...
References
External links
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Buffalo Metro Rail stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1984
1984 establishments in New York (state)
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