{{Short description|Light rail station in Buffalo, New York}} {{Use American English|date=December 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = Lafayette Square | type = Buffalo Metro Rail station | style = NFTA | image = Lafayette Square station - September 2019.jpg | image_caption = Lafayette Square station inbound platform, September 2019 | other_name = Evans Bank @ Lafayette Square | address = 415 Main Street<br/>Buffalo, New York | coordinates = {{Coord|42|53|12|N|78|52|26|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}} | structure = At-grade | platform = 2 low-level side platforms | tracks = 2 | parking = | bicycle = | opened = {{start date and age|1984|10|09}}<ref>{{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}}</ref> | closed = | accessible = yes | owned = NFTA | zone = Free fare | former = | passengers = 470,680<ref>{{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}}</ref> | pass_year = 2017 | pass_percent = | pass_system = | mpassengers = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=NFTA|line=Metro Rail|left=Fountain Plaza|right=Church}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker-color = {{rcr|NFTA|Metro Rail}} | mapframe-marker = rail-light }}
'''Lafayette Square station''' (officially '''Evans Bank @ Lafayette Square''' from November 8, 2019 to November 8, 2025,{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}} 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 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.buffalonews.com/2019/02/28/evans-bank-wins-naming-rights-for-metro-rails-lafayette-square-station | title = Evans Bank wins naming rights for Metro Rail's Lafayette Square station | date = February 2019 | access-date = 28 February 2019}}</ref>
==Bus routes== * At Court and Main Streets (heading east only): ** 1 William ** 2 Clinton ** 4 Broadway * At Court and Pearl Streets (heading east, west or south): ** 1 William ** 2 Clinton ** 3 Grant (inbound) ** 4 Broadway ** 5 Niagara–Kenmore (inbound) ** 7 Baynes–Richmond (inbound) ** 8 Main (inbound) ** 11 Colvin (inbound) ** 20 Elmwood (inbound) ** 25 Delaware (inbound) ** 40 Grand Island (inbound) ** 60 Niagara Falls (inbound) ** 61 North Tonawanda (inbound) ** 64 Lockport (inbound) ** 66 Williamsville ** 67 Cleveland Hill ** 68 George Urban (inbound) ** 69 Alden (outbound) ** 74 Hamburg (outbound) ** 79 Tonawanda (inbound) ** 81 Eastside (inbound) ** 204 Airport–Downtown Express * At Lafayette Square and Washington Street (heading south only): ** 6 Sycamore (inbound) ** 14 Abbott (outbound) ** 16 South Park (outbound) ** 24 Genesee (inbound) ** 42 Lackawanna (outbound) ** 70 East Aurora (outbound) ** 72 Orchard Park (outbound) ** 74 Hamburg (inbound) ** 76 Lotus Bay (inbound)
==Notable places nearby== right|thumb|Lafayette Square station after sponsorship by Evans Bank, November 2020 Lafayette Square station is located near: * Broadway Garage (former Broadway Auditorium) * Buffalo City Hall * Buffalo Convention Center * Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Central Branch) * Hotel Lafayette * Liberty Building * Main Place Tower * Rand Building * Statler Hotel (now Statler Towers)
==See also== * List of Buffalo Metro Rail stations
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Buffalo Metro Rail stations Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1984 Category:1984 establishments in New York (state)
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