CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (ROCHESTER)
1868-1890 - Rochester City & Brighton Railroad
1890-1909 - Rochester Railway Co.
1909-1928 - New York State Railways
1928-1935 - New York State Railways (Associated Gas & Electric Co.)
1935-1938 - New York State Railways
1923-1932 - operated trolleybuses
1938-1968 - Rochester Transit Co.
1941 - streetcars discontinued
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (BATAVIA)
1902-1914 - Batavia Medina & Ontario Railway
After 1914 - Batavia Traction Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Prior to 1971 - Batavia Motor Coach Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority
Serves Monroe, Livingston, Orleans, Wayne, Genesee, Seneca Counties
Also serves Wyoming County (classified as rural county)
New additional metropolitan counties:
Ontario County (Geneva) - Ontario County Transit System
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (GENEVA)
Prior to 1895 - Geneva Surface Railway
1895-1909 - Geneva Waterloo Seneca Falls & Cayuga Lake Traction Co.
1909-1913 - Geneva & Auburn Railway
1913-1925 - Geneva Seneca Falls & Auburn Railroad
1925 - streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Geneva Transit Corp.
Period of no transit service
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (CANANDAIGUA)
1886-1893 - Canandaigua Street Railroad Co.
1893-1900 - Canandaigua Electric Light & Railroad Co.
1900-1903 - Ontario Light & Traction Co.
1903-1909 - Rochester & Eastern Rapid Railway
1909-1928 - New York State Railways
1928-1930 - New York State Railways (Associated Gas & Electric Co.)
1930 - streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service