Lafayette Square station
Lafayette Square station 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 in the Free Fare Zone, which allows passengers free travel between Canalside station and Fountain Plaza station. Passengers continuing northbound past Fountain Plaza station 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.
Bus routes
- At Court and Main Streets :
- * 1 William
- * 2 Clinton
- * 4 Broadway
- At Court and Pearl Streets :
- * 1 William
- * 2 Clinton
- * 3 Grant
- * 4 Broadway
- * 5 Niagara–Kenmore
- * 7 Baynes–Richmond
- * 8 Main
- * 11 Colvin
- * 20 Elmwood
- * 25 Delaware
- * 40 Grand Island
- * 60 Niagara Falls
- * 61 North Tonawanda
- * 64 Lockport
- * 66 Williamsville
- * 67 Cleveland Hill
- * 68 George Urban
- * 69 Alden
- * 74 Hamburg
- * 79 Tonawanda
- * 81 Eastside
- * 204 Airport–Downtown Express
- At Lafayette Square and Washington Street :
- * 6 Sycamore
- * 14 Abbott
- * 16 South Park
- * 24 Genesee
- * 42 Lackawanna
- * 70 East Aurora
- * 72 Orchard Park
- * 74 Hamburg
- * 76 Lotus Bay
Notable places nearby