TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN NEW YORK

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAYS/SMALLER COMPANIES

Interurban Railway Map

KAYDEROSS RAILROAD

1898-1906 - Ballston Terminal Railroad Co.
1906-1918 - Eastern New York Railroad Co.
1918-1929 - Kaydeross Railroad Corp.

Interurban lines:
Ballston Spa-Middle Grove (1898-1929)

PENN YAN KEUKA PARK & BRANCHPORT RAILWAY

1897-1913 - Penn Yan Keuka Park & Branchport Railway
1913-1927 - Penn Yan & Lake Shore Railway

Interurban lines:
Penn Yan-Branchport (1897-1927)

WESTERN NEW YORK & PENNSYLVANIA TRACTION CO.

1880-1906 - Olean Street Railway Co.
1906-1921 - Western New York & Pennsylvania Traction Co.
1921-1927 - Olean Bradford & Salamanca Railway Co.

Interurban lines:
Olean-Allegany (1894-1927)
Olean-Bolivar (1902-1926)
Olean-Shingle House (1903-1927)
Salamanca-Allegany (1907-1927)
Salamanca-Little Valley (1908-1925)
Bradford PA-Lewis Run PA (1901-1927)
Bradford PA-Seneca Jct. (1908-1927)

Replacement interurban bus service operated by Olean Bradford & Salamanca Bus Co. (1925-1929)/Allegany Coach Co. (1929-1938)
West Ridge Transportation Co. (after 1938)

NEW YORK - "LINES WITH SOME INTERURBAN CHARACTERISTICS"

Lines which did not fully meet the authors' definitions of an interurban in the book "The Electric Interurban Railways In America", but nevertheless could be considered as interurban railways.

KEESEVILLE AUSAUBLE CHASM & LAKE CHAMPLAIN RAILROAD

1905-1911 - Keeseville Ausable Chasm & Lake Champlain Railroad Co.

Interurban lines:
Keeseville-Port Kent (1905-1911)

LIMA HONEOYE ELECTRIC LIGHT & RAILROAD CO.

1899-1915 - Lima Honeoye Electric Light & Railroad Co.

Interurban lines:
Lima-Honeoye Falls (1899-1915)

PAUL SMITH'S ELECTRIC LIGHT POWER & RAILROAD CO.

1906-1936 - Paul Smith's Electric Light Power & Railroad Co.

Interurban lines:
Paul Smith's Hotel-Lake Clear Junction (1906-1936)

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