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The Buffalo Metropolitan Transportation Center is located on the southeast corner of North Division and Ellicott Streets in Downtown
Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Sou ...
. The transportation center is open 24 hours daily. Managed by the
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(NFTA), which also uses the transit center as its headquarters, it operates as a major transportation hub for a number of NFTA Metro bus routes, as well as inter-city bus services. Its location is also of importance in that this terminal normally is the first or last stop in the United States on the busy Toronto-New York City bus corridor in the United States (the exceptions being a re-routed Buffalo to Toronto runs serving Buffalo Niagara International Airport on the way to the Rainbow Bridge, where it crosses into Ontario). The closest two Canadian bus stations (though not served by all trips) are Fort Erie (located at a Robomart gas station at 22 Princess Street, at Waterloo Street) or the more frequently served
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at Bridge and Erie Streets in downtown Niagara Falls, Ontario. Built in 1977, the architectural firm of
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created a terminal that is a "pleasant and even exciting space to experience, with views of travelers, buses and the city beyond afforded by comparatively large areas of glazing". It replaced an older Greyhound Station, located at 672 Main Street, near Tupper. After the Main Street station had closed, it became a police station for the
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, and is currently used partially as the Alleyway Theatre


Inside the terminal

Aside from the transportation center being the main offices for the
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and the Buffalo area base office for Greyhound Lines, Inc., there are a number of service based businesses for passengers and employees of the terminal. * A
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coffee shop, which replaced Craig and Craig Twin Bakery and the previous NFTA Metro information kiosk in November 2013 * NFTA Transit Police sub-station * soda and other vending machines * taxi stand for Buffalo Taxi Service In the past, Hardee's and Burger King had an outlet in the terminal that was later turned into a "Travelers Cafe", both operated by Greyhound Lines. The space for the restaurant also had been converted into an indoor waiting area for passengers waiting for local bus service at the corner of North Division and Ellicott. It has since been closed. The NFTA presently uses the area for storage. Additionally, a gift shop existed for a number of years, but has been vacated and renovated into a larger office area for the NFTA Transit Police sub-station.


Intercity bus lines serving the terminal


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* Buffalo to
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* Buffalo to
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* Buffalo to
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, Syracuse, Utica, Schenectady, Albany, Springfield, Worcester, Boston * Buffalo to
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, Cleveland * Buffalo to
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- Erie

* Buffalo to Lackawanna, Angola, Dunkirk, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia (downtown), Cassadaga, Gerry, Jamestown * Buffalo to East Aurora, Holland, Machias, Arcade, Franklinville, Olean


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* Buffalo to
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(non-stop only) * Buffalo to Rochester, NY, Syracuse, NY, and
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(semi-express) * Buffalo to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, DC * Buffalo to New York City, NY (non-stop)


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-Trentway Wagar

* Buffalo to
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, Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Grimsby,
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(As of 2021, suspended due to Canada-United States border closure)


New York Trailways, Adirondack Trailways, Pine Hill Trailways

* Buffalo to Batavia,
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, Geneva, Ithaca,
Binghamton Binghamton () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. Surrounded by rolling hills, it lies in the state's Southern Tier region near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the conflue ...
,
New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
* Buffalo to Batavia,
Rochester Rochester may refer to: Places Australia * Rochester, Victoria Canada * Rochester, Alberta United Kingdom *Rochester, Kent ** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area ** History of Rochester, Kent ** HM Prison ...
, Syracuse, Cortland,
Binghamton Binghamton () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. Surrounded by rolling hills, it lies in the state's Southern Tier region near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the conflue ...
,
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Fullington

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* Buffalo to Springville, Olean, DuBois


Barons Bus Lines

* Buffalo to Dunkirk, Erie, Youngstown, Akron (OH), Wooster, Mansfield, Columbus and Cincinnati. Barons Bus Lines
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Local bus routes directly serving the terminal

* Route 40 Niagara Falls at gate 14. * Route 1 William at gate 17 or 18. * Route 2 Clinton at gate 17 or 18. * Route 4 Broadway at gate 19 or 20. Board on Ellicott Street at North Division Street * Route 6 Sycamore (outbound) * Route 8 Main (outbound) * Route 14 Abbott (inbound) * Route 16 South Park (inbound) * Route 24 Genesee (outbound) * Route 36 Hamburg (inbound) Board on North Division Street at Ellicott Street * Route 3 Grant (outbound) * Route 5 Niagara/Kenmore (outbound) * Route 11 Colvin (outbound) * Route 15 Seneca (inbound) * Route 20 Elmwood(outbound) * Route 25 Delaware (outbound) * Route 60 Niagara Falls Express (outbound) * Route 74 Boston Express (outbound) * Route 76 Lotus Bay Express (outbound) * Route 204 Buffalo Airport-Downtown Express (outbound) Nearly all buses operating into Downtown Buffalo come within a short walk (maximum of three city blocks) of the transportation center.


Future

In the later part of 1999, proposals were made for an updating of the terminal, including a new shopping area, restaurant, and updated passenger waiting area for NFTA Metro passengers, as well as intercity bus passengers. The
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continued stories on this, as well as progress made on the possible creation of an intermodal transportation facility on the site of the Buffalo War Memorial Auditorium or at
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, effectively linking
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Trains with intercity buses, and local buses "under one roof" in a style similar to the William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center partway across the state in Syracuse, New York.


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