Church station (Buffalo Metro Rail)

{{Short description|Light rail station in Buffalo, New York, US}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Church

| type = Buffalo Metro Rail station

| style = NFTA

| image = Church station - September 2019.jpg

| image_caption = Church station's outbound platform in September 2019

| address = 345 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14202

| coordinates = {{Coord|42|53|01|N|78|52|30|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}

| other =

| structure = At-grade

| platform = 2 low-level side platforms

| tracks = 2

| parking =

| bicycle =

| opened = {{start date and age|1984|10|09}}{{cite news |last1=Gargan |first1=Edward A. |title=Trolley Line Returns to Buffalo |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85608358/buffalo-metro-october-11-1984/ |access-date=September 19, 2021 |work=The Berkshire Eagle |agency=New York Times Wire Service |date=October 11, 1984 |location=Pittsfield, Massachusetts |page=33|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| accessible = yes

| owned = NFTA

| zone = Free fare

| former =

| passengers = 503,307{{cite web | url = http://www.nftametrorailexpansion.com/pdfs/NFTA_metro_rail%20Expansion_final_scoping_document.pdf | title = Metro Rail Expansion Project Final Scoping Document | date = May 2019 | access-date = 11 June 2019}}

| pass_year = 2017

| pass_percent =

| pass_system =

| mpassengers =

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=NFTA|line=Metro Rail|left=Seneca|right=Lafayette Square}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color={{rcr|NFTA|Metro Rail}} |zoom=14 }}

}}

Church station is a Buffalo Metro Rail station located in the 300 block of Main Street (just north of Church Street) in the Free Fare Zone, which allows passengers free travel between Canalside and Fountain Plaza. Passengers continuing northbound past Fountain Plaza are required to have proof-of-payment. Church is the closest to the Buffalo Metropolitan Transportation Center, located two blocks east at Ellicott and North Division Streets.

Bus routes serving Church station

At Church and Pearl Streets (heading south only):
8 Main (inbound)
66 Williamsville
67 Cleveland Hill
81 Eastside (inbound)
At North Division and Main Streets (heading north or west):
1 William (outbound)
2 Clinton (outbound)
4 Broadway (outbound)
15 Seneca (inbound)
40 Grand Island (outbound)
60 Niagara Falls (outbound)
61 North Tonawanda (outbound)
64 Lockport (outbound)
69 Alden (inbound)
70 East Aurora (inbound)
72 Orchard Park (inbound)
75 West Seneca (inbound)
At Church and Main Streets (heading east only):
1 William (inbound)
2 Clinton (inbound)
3 Grant (inbound)
4 Broadway (inbound)
5 Niagara–Kenmore (inbound)
7 Baynes–Richmond (inbound)
8 Main (inbound)
11 Colvin (inbound)
15 Seneca (outbound)
20 Elmwood (inbound)
25 Delaware (inbound)
40 Grand Island (inbound)
60 Niagara Falls (inbound)
75 West Seneca (outbound)
At Washington and South Division Streets (heading north, south or east):
1 William (inbound)
2 Clinton (inbound)
3 Grant (inbound)
4 Broadway (inbound)
5 Niagara–Kenmore (inbound)
6 Sycamore
7 Baynes–Richmond (inbound)
11 Colvin (inbound)
14 Abbott
15 Seneca (outbound)
16 South Park
20 Elmwood (inbound)
24 Genesee
25 Delaware (inbound)
40 Grand Island (inbound)
42 Lackawanna
60 Niagara Falls (inbound)
66 Williamsville (outbound)
67 Cleveland Hill (outbound)
70 East Aurora (outbound)
72 Orchard Park (outbound)
74 Hamburg (inbound)
75 West Seneca (outbound)
76 Lotus Bay (inbound)
79 Tonawanda (outbound)
At Washington and North Division Streets (heading north only):
3 Grant (outbound)
5 Niagara–Kenmore (outbound)
7 Baynes–Richmond (outbound)
11 Colvin (outbound)
20 Elmwood (outbound)
25 Delaware (outbound)

Notable places nearby

Church station is located near:

References

Category:Buffalo Metro Rail stations

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1984

Church station (Buffalo Metro Rail)

Bus routes serving Church station

Notable places nearby

See also

References