Overview | |
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Headquarters | Rochester, New York |
Dates of operation | 1889–1933 |
Predecessor | Rochester and Glen Haven Railroad Irondequoit Park Railroad |
Successor | New York State Railways |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Previous gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) |
Electrification | 620v DC |
Length | 39 miles (63 km) |
The Rochester and Sodus Bay Railway was an electric interurban railway connecting Rochester with the shores of Lake Ontario at Sodus Point. The line was leased to the Rochester Railway Company in 1902 and later merged into New York State Railways in 1909. Ridership dropped off in the 1920s, and the railway east of Glen Haven was abandoned in 1929. The remaining local streetcar service ended in 1933.