TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN NEW YORK

MICROPOLITAN AREAS/HISTORICALLY WITH TRANSIT


Corning

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1894-1930 - Corning & Painted Post Street Railway
1930 - streetcars discontinued
After 1930 - Corning Bus Lines

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Corning-Erwin Area Transit System
Primarily city service
Outlying Steuben County (Bath) - Steuben County Transit System
(city service/Hornell - Hornell Area Transit)

OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (BATH)
Private bus co. in 1952 - Soldiers Home Bus Line

OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (HORNELL)
1892-1909 - Hornellsville Electric Railway
1909-1926 - Hornell Traction Co.
1926 - streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Hornell Motor Coach Co.
Period of no transit service


Jamestown/Dunkirk

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (JAMESTOWN)
1884-1938 - Jamestown Street Railway Co.
1938 - streetcars discontinued
1938-1962 - Jamestown Motor Bus Transportation Co.

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (DUNKIRK)
1886-1906 - Dunkirk & Fredonia Railroad Co.
1906-1925 - Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Co.
1925-1933 - Buffalo & Erie Railway
1933-1934 - Dunkirk & Fredonia Railroad Co.
1934 - streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Long's Taxi Service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Chautauqua Area Regional Transit System
Serves Chautauqua County


Ogdensburg/Massena

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1885-1935 - Ogdensburg Street Railway
1935 - streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Ogdensburg Bus Line

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
St. Lawrence County Public Transportation
Serves St. Lawrence County

OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (MASSENA)
Private bus co. in 1952 - John Boyce Bus Line


Olean

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1880-1906 - Olean Street Railway Co.
1906-1921 - Western New York & Pennsylvania Traction Co.
1921-1926 - Olean Bradford & Salamanca Railway Co.
1926 - streetcars discontinued
1926-1929 - Olean Bradford & Salamanca Bus Co.
1929-1939 - Allegany Motor Coach Co.
1939-1941 - Buffalo & Erie Coach Corp.
After 1941 - Blue Bird Coach Lines

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Allegany Regional Development Corporation
Serves Cattaraugus County

OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (SALAMANCA)
Private bus co. in 1952 - Salamanca City Bus Line


Oneonta

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1887-1897 - Oneonta Street Railway
1897-1900 - Oneonta & Otsego Valley Railroad
1900-1906 - Oneonta Cooperstown & Richfield Springs Railway
1906-1908 - Oneonta & Mohawk Valley Railway
1908-1916 - Otsego & Herkimer Railroad
1916-1924 - Southern New York Power & Railway Co.
1924-1926 - Southern New York Railway
1926 - streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Oneonta Public Transit
Primarily city service
Outlying Otsego County - Otsego Express


Plattsburgh

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
After 1896 - Plattsburg Traction Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Plattsburgh Coach Line

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Clinton County Public Transit
Serves Clinton County


Watertown

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
Prior to 1896 - Watertown Street Railway Co.
1896-1937 - Black River Traction Co.
1937 - streetcars discontinued
1937-1951 - Watertown Transportation Co.
1951-1959 - Pritchard Bus Corp.
After 1959 - Freeman Bus Corp.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Citibus
Primarily city service
Outlying Jefferson County - no transit service


NEWER MICROPOLITAN AREAS

Malone
Franklin County Public Transportation
Serves Franklin County


RURAL CITIES/AREAS HISTORICALLY WITH TRANSIT


Catskill

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1900-1910 - Catskill Electric Railway
After 1910 - Catskill Traction Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Greene County - Greene County Transit System


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