The Rochester Subdivision is a
railroad
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line owned by
CSX Transportation
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in the U.S. state of
New York
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. The line runs from
Solvay, New York
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, west to
Churchville, New York
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, along the former
New York Central Railroad
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water level route. At its east end, west of downtown
Syracuse, New York, the line continues west from the
Syracuse Terminal Subdivision
The Syracuse Terminal Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs from Oneida, New York, at its east end where it continues from the Mohawk Subdivision to Solvay, New York, at its west end ...
at Control Point (CP)-296. It intersects the
West Shore Subdivision, which provides a southern bypass of
Rochester
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, at
Fairport (CP-359) and
Churchville (CP-382). At its west end in Churchville the line becomes the
Buffalo Terminal Subdivision
The Buffalo Terminal Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. State of New York. The line runs from Churchville, New York, to Hamburg, New York.http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX% ...
.
Amtrak
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's ''
Empire Service
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'', ''
Lake Shore Limited
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'', and ''
Maple Leaf
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History of use in Canada
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'' operate over the entire Rochester Subdivision.
History
The oldest part of the Rochester Subdivision is from
Rochester
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southwest to
Batavia, opened in 1837 by the
Tonawanda Railroad. The portion of the line from
Rochester
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east to
Brighton was opened in 1841 by the
Auburn and Rochester Railroad; the rest of the original route to
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was less direct than the current line. The two lines were connected in
Rochester
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in 1844. The
Buffalo and Rochester Railroad was built from
Depew east to
Batavia in 1852, replacing the old, longer route via
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. In 1853, the
New York Central Railroad
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built a more direct route from
Syracuse
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to
Rochester
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, meeting the old route east of
Rochester
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at
Brighton.
[ , 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 Railroad
The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Mi ...
and
Conrail through leases, mergers and takeovers, and was assigned to
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
in the 1999 breakup of
Conrail.
In the 1850s,
New York Central Railroad
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took over the line in an effort to build new direct routes. The railroad built signal bridges along the line to increase safety and capacity. Currently, all
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Mi ...
signals along the subdivision have been replaced by
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
with the newer Safetran signals.
See also
*
List of CSX Transportation lines
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References
CSX Transportation lines
Rail infrastructure in New York (state)
New York Central Railroad lines
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