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The Rochester Railway Company operated a streetcar transit system throughout the city of Rochester from 1890 until its acquisition by Rochester Transit Corp. in 1938. Formed by a group of Pittsburgh investors, the Rochester Railway Company purchased the Rochester City & Brighton Railroad in 1890, followed by a lease of the Rochester Electric Railway in 1894.
The company was reorganized in 1893 as the Waterbury Traction Company, rebuilding and electrifying its routes by the summer of 1894. [1] Connecticut Lighting and Power Company bought out Waterbury Traction Company in June 1899. The name of the new consolidated company was changed to Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company in 1901. [2]
Hartford and Springfield Street Railway Company: Danbury Railway Museum: DRMX 1994 Metro-North Railroad: Independent Naugatuck Railroad: NAUG 1996 Railroad Museum of New England: Shore Line Trolley Museum: 1945 Connecticut Company: Branford Electric Railway Association Valley Railroad: VALE 1971 Penn Central Transportation Company
The Waterbury extension opened as far as Dublin Street on July 4, 1888. [4] Construction on the final section in Waterbury to connect with the New York and New England Railroad (NY&NE) began later that month and was completed early in 1889. [5] The route of this segment along the Mad River required several substantial trestles.
Rochester and Ontario Belt Railway: NYC: 1882 1887 Rochester and Lake Beach Railroad: Rochester and Pine Creek Railroad: B&O: 1870 1877 Silver Lake Railroad: Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad: B&O: 1881 1885 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad: Rochester and Southern Railroad: LV: 1895 1903 Lehigh Valley Railway Rochester and Southern ...
The North East Transportation Company was founded in October 1925 [3] as a merger of multiple existing jitney operators in Waterbury. After CR&L's surrender of its bus operations in 1973, North East Transportation existed as the only bus operator in its service area. [4]
The Rochester Lines were made up of the city and suburban lines operated by Rochester Railway Company, the Canandaigua local service (the former Canandaigua Street Railroad), the Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway, and the Rochester and Sodus Bay Railway that were consolidated into New York State Railways in 1909.
The Waterbury and Milldale Tramway was a streetcar line that operated between Waterbury and Milldale, Connecticut, United States.The line was 8.702 miles (14.00 km) long, including 1.385 miles (2.23 km) of trackage rights on a Connecticut Company line to reach downtown Waterbury.