Provides comprehensive transit coverage throughout most of this large area. Serves all areas except where separate transit systems are indicated.
Horse Car
1859-1891 - several companies
1888-1899 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1890-1896 - Syracuse Consolidated Street Railway Co.
1890-1893 - Peoples Railroad Co.
1893-1896 - Syracuse Street Railroad Co.
1896-1910 - Syracuse Rapid Transit Co.
1910-1939 - New York State Railways
1924 - buses introduced
1939-1972 - Syracuse Transit Co.
1941 - streetcars discontinued
Auburn
Horse Car
1871-1886 - Auburn & Owasco Lake Railroad Co.
1871-1886 - East Genesee Street & Seward Avenue Railway Co.
1886-1902 - Auburn City Railway Co.
1891-1892 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
After 1902 - Auburn & Syracuse Electric Railroad Co.
1925 - buses introduced
1927 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by new company
1927-1950 - Cayuga Omnibus Co.
1950-1959 - Auburn Bus Co.
After 1959 - Auburn Transit Corp.
Oswego/Fulton
Horse Car
1885-1897 - Oswego Street Railway Co.
1891-1892 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
Horse Car
1886-1897 - Fulton & Oswego Falls Street Railway Co. (Fulton)
1896-1900 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
Electric Streetcar
1897-1899 - Lake Ontario & Riverside Railway Co. (Oswego/Fulton)
1899-1907 - Oswego Traction Co.
1899-1907 - Fulton & Oswego Falls Street Railway Co. (Fulton)
1907-1917 - Syracuse Lake Shore & Northern Railroad Co.
1917-1931 - Empire State Railroad Corp.
1927 - streetcars replaced with buses
1930-1931 - Ontario Omnibus Corp.
After 1935 - Gould Bus Lines
Interurban Syracuse-Oswego
1898-1905 - Syracuse Lakeside & Baldwinsville Railway
1905-1917 - Syracuse Lake Shore & Northern Railroad Co.
1917-1931 - Empire State Railroad Corp.
1931 - interurban trains replaced with buses operated by new company
1931-1938 - Syracuse & Northern Electric Railway
1938-1993 - Syracuse-Oswego Motor Lines
Utica
Horse Car
1864-1868 - Utica & Westerville Railroad Co.
1868-1895 - Utica Clinton & Binghamton Street Railroad Co.
1890 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
Horse Car
1886-1901 - Utica Belt Line Street Railroad Co.
1890 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1901-1909 - Utica & Mohawk Valley Railway Co.
1909-1948 - New York State Railways
1923 - buses introduced
1941 - streetcars discontinued
1948-1967 - Utica Transit Corp.
Prior to 2005 - Utica Transit Authority
Rome
Horse Car
1885-1907 - Rome City Street Railway Co.
1900 - horse cars replaced with compressed air cars
1903 - compressed air cars replaced with electric streetcars
1907-1909 - Utica & Mohawk Valley Railway Co.
1909-1933 - New York State Railways
1931 - buses introduced by separate company Copper City Bus Line
1933 - streetcars discontinued
1931-1934 - Copper City Bus Line
1934-1959 - Rome City Bus Line
Period of no transit service
Prior to 2005 - VIP Public Transit
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Syracuse-Auburn
1901-1902 - Auburn Interurban Electric Railroad Co.
1902-1930 - Auburn & Syracuse Electric Railroad Co.
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Syracuse-Rochester
1906-1913 - Rochester Syracuse & Eastern Railroad Co.
1913-1917 - Empire United Railways
1917-1931 - Rochester & Syracuse Railroad Co.
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Syracuse-Brewerton
1908-1917 - Syracuse & South Bay Electric Railroad Co.
1917-1938 - Syracuse & Northern Electric Railway
1932 - interurban trains replaced with buses
1938-1993 - Syracuse-Oswego Motor Lines
Horse Car
1885-1886 - Oneida Street Railway
1886-1909 - Oneida Railway Co.
1902 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1909-1930 - New York State Railways
1930 - streetcars discontinued
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Madison Transit System
1907-1909 - Oneida Railway Co. (Utica-Syracuse)
1902-1909 - Utica & Mohawk Valley Railway Co. (Rome-Utica-Little Falls)
1909-1933 - New York State Railways
1933 - interurban trains discontinued
Prior to 1993 - Central New York Coach Co.
REGIONAL BUS SERVICE (SINCE 1947)
Birnie Bus Service
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)