NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Niagara Falls offers a unique service to tourists staying in certain hotels or motels - go anywhere, for free. Take a trolley or bus to the falls, the aquarium or even back to the airport.
“Metro’s trolley serves hotels, motels, and attractions throughout Niagara Falls, making it easy for visitors to travel around the city," said Frank Strangio, President, Niagara Falls Hotel Association. "Although we are dealing with a new normal, we are excited about the opportunity to restart our businesses in Niagara Falls and welcome tourists back to our world class destination."
The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority is able to offer this service as part of the bed tax when you stay at hotels. All you have to do is ask for a trolley day pass at your hotel or motel, if they participate in the program.
A trolley can take you around downtown, or you can hop on any Niagara or Erie County metro bus or rail with the pass. Just make sure you have your pass validated in Niagara County before you use it in Erie.
Trolley operational hours are from 9 a.m. until midnight, daily from June 19 until September 27. Then, the same hours apply but only Friday through Sunday for October 2 through 31.
Here's just a few of the places you can go with this pass:
- The Aquarium of Niagara Falls
- The Seneca Niagara Casino
- The Niagara Falls USA Official Visitor Center at First and Rainbow
- Hotels and shops along Third Street, Rainbow Blvd. and Buffalo Avenue.
- The Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls
- Several motels along Niagara Falls Boulevard
- Little Italy
For more trolley and metro bus/rail maps, click here or visit the Niagara USA Visitors Center at 10 Rainbow Blvd.
If your hotel or motel doesn't participate in this program, or you're a local and want to use the trolley, you still can buy use it paying normal metro fares or using your metro pass:
- $2 for regular adult fare
- $1 for children (5-11 yrs.), seniors (65 yrs. and over), disabled and Medicare clients with valid I.D.
- Children four and younger ride free, limit three children per fare paying adult.
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