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The Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway (reporting mark RSB), more commonly known as the Rochester subway, was a light rail rapid transit line in the city of Rochester, New York that operated from 1927 to 1956.
Learn about the abandoned subway system that ran in Rochester NY from 1927 to 1956, and how it was built on the old Erie Canal bed. See images, maps, and proposals of the subway's past and possible future.
12 cze 2023 · Learn more about the remnants of the Rochester subway and see photos of other abandoned locations from the book A Vanishing New York: Ruins Across the Empire State, on July 12th at a live...
8 lip 2016 · In 1956, Rochester lost its subway passenger service. Take a look at what remains underneath the city.
2 sty 2009 · In 1956 the subway was abandoned and much of its route was converted into Interstate 490 — built to connect Rochester with the New York State Thruway (I-90). Read more about the history of the Rochester Subway .
The Rochester Subway was plagued by limited resources and a transportation and land-use system that already was becoming more and more automobile-oriented. Rochester abandoned all surface streetcars by 1940, leaving the subway as a single line of what had been a much more comprehensive system.
27 sie 2024 · Rochester, New York — population 211,000 as of 2020 — is the smallest city in North America to ever build a subway system. Rochester also has the unhappy distinction of being the only city in the world to build and operate a full-blown subway system, then abandon it entirely.
