TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN NEW YORK

ALBANY AREA


CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1971)
Capital District Transportation Authority

Provides comprehensive transit coverage throughout this large area.


Albany

Horse Car
1864-1899 - Albany Railway Co.
1890 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1899-1972 - United Traction Co.
1931 - buses introduced
1946 - streetcars discontinued

Cohoes

1895-1899 - Cohoes City Railway Co.
1899-1972 - United Traction Co.
1931 - buses introduced
1934 - streetcars discontinued

Troy

Horse Car
1861-1891 - Troy & Lansingburgh Railroad Co.
1889-1894 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

Horse Car
1866-1891 - Troy & Albia Horse Railroad Co.
1891 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

Electric Streetcar
1891-1899 - Troy City Railway Co.
1899-1972 - United Traction Co.
1933 - streetcars replaced with buses

Schenectady

Horse Car
1886-1895 - Schenectady Street Railway Co.
1892 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1895-1952 - Schenectady Railway Co.
1931 - buses introduced
1946 - streetcars discontinued

1952-1970 - Schenectady Transportation Corp.
1970-1971 - Schenectady Transit System

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Schenectady-Albany/Troy/Saratoga Springs (1901-1941)

Saratoga Springs

1892-1892 - Saratoga Electric Railway Co.
1892-1897 - Union Electric Railway Co. of Saratoga
1897-1901 - Saratoga Traction Co.
1901-1926 - Hudson Valley Railway Co.
1926 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by new company

1926-1937 - Alexander Lavine

Mechanicville/Stillwater

Horse Car
1882-1901 - Stillwater & Mechanicville Street Railway Co.
1896 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1901-1928 - Hudson Valley Railway Co.
1927 - buses introduced by separate company L.B.K. Lines
1928 - streetcars discontinued

After 1927 - L.B.K. Lines

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Troy-Warrensburg/Mechanicville-Glens Falls
1901-1928 - Hudson Valley Railway Co.

Hoosick Falls

1893-1897 - Hoosick Railway Co.
1897-1907 - Bennington & Hoosick Valley Railway Co.
1907-1910 - Bennington & North Adams Street Railway Co.
1910-1927 - Hoosick Falls Railroad Co.
1927 - streetcars discontinued

Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)


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