Summer-Best is a Buffalo Metro Rail station located at the junction of Summer, Best and Main Streets.Bus routes serving Summer-Best stationSummer-Best station is one of only four stations that does not offer an off-road bus loop, requiring passengers to board/debark using curbside stops . Route 8 buses heading toward Marine Drive or University station and route 22 buses heading toward Thruway Mall do not board at the curb on the same side as the station, which is served by two bus routes: 8 Main 22 Porter-BestArtworkIn 1979, an art selection committee was created, composed of NFTA commissioners and Buffalo area art experts, that would judge the artwork that would be displayed in and on the properties of eight stations on the Metro Rail line. Out of the 70 proposals submitted, 22 were chosen and are currently positioned inside and outside of the eight underground stations. Summer-Best station is home of two pieces of work, from George Sugarman (New York City) and John Pfahl (Buffalo).Notable places nearbySummer-Best station is located near: Anchor Bar Allentown City Honors School Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic SiteUnusual operationsFrom February 16-March 16, 2015, April 20-May 18, 2015, June 6-7, 2015, June 13-14, 2015, June 26-27, 2015, August 22-23, 2015, September 8-25, 2015 and July 5, 2016, due to construction of the new School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences that is slated to open in the summer of 2017, Allen/Medical Campus station was temporarily closed. Passengers who wanted to access the Buffalo-Niagara Medical Campus were instructed to deboard the train at Summer-Best station, as it temporarily served as the southern terminus of the paid fare zone. NFTA-Metro provided shuttle buses running every 10 minutes.
