Rochester Subdivision

Rochester Subdivision

The Rochester Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs from Syracuse west to Buffalo [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20030120053216/www.trainweb.org/csxtimetables/Albany/Rochester.html CSX Timetables: Rochester Subdivision] ] along the former New York Central Railroad main line. At its east end, west of downtown Syracuse, the line becomes the Mohawk Subdivision. It intersects the West Shore Subdivision, which provides a southern bypass of Rochester, at Fairport and North Chili. At its west end, near Depew, the line becomes the Buffalo Terminal Subdivision.

Amtrak's "Empire Service", "Lake Shore Limited", and "Maple Leaf" operate over the entire Rochester Subdivision.

History

The oldest part of the Rochester Subdivision is from Rochester southwest to Batavia, opened in 1837 by the Tonawanda Railroad. [PDFlink| [http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1837%20June%2004.wd.pdf PRR Chronology, 1837] |98.8 KiB , June 2004 Edition] The portion of the line from Rochester east to Brighton was opened in 1841 by the Auburn and Rochester Railroad; the rest of the original route to Syracuse was less direct than the current line. [PDFlink| [http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1841%20May%2004.wd.pdf PRR Chronology, 1841] |60.7 KiB , May 2004 Edition] The two lines were connected in Rochester in 1844. [PDFlink| [http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1844%20May%2004.wd.pdf PRR Chronology, 1844] |41.4 KiB , May 2004 Edition] The Buffalo and Rochester Railroad built from Depew east to Batavia in 1852, replacing the old longer route via Attica. [PDFlink| [http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1852%20Mar%2005.pdf PRR Chronology, 1852] |83.5 KiB , March 2005 Edition] In 1853, the New York Central Railroad built a more direct route from Syracuse to Rochester, meeting the old route east of Rochester at Brighton. [PDFlink| [http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1853%20Mar%2005.pdf PRR Chronology, 1853] |91.5 KiB , March 2005 Edition] Most of the line once had four tracks, and while much of the railbed is still wide enough to support such infrastructure, only two tracks are currently in service. The entire line became part of the New York Central and Conrail through leases, mergers, and takeovers, and was assigned to CSX in the 1999 breakup of Conrail.

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