New York State Railways, Rochester Lines
Location:	Rochester, New York
Classification:	Industrial railroad
Founded:	1909 Dissolved: 1938
Predecessor(s):	Rochester Railway Company[1909],Rochester & Sodus Bay[1912]
Successor(s):	Rochester Transit Corporation [1938,UNK]
Descr:	NYSR was a subsidiary of the New York Central formed in 1909 by acquiring and merging the Rochester Railways streetcar system with the Rochester & Eastern and Rochester & Sodus Bay interurban lines. In 1912 the Syracuse Rapid Transit, Oneida Railway, and Utica & Mohawk Valley lines were acquired though Oneida, Syracuse, and Utica lines were operated separately. The ex-R&SB line between Rochester and Sodus Bay was abandoned in 1929 and the ex-R&E line between Rochester and Geneva was abandoned in 1930. In 1938 surviving Rochester streetcar lines were reorganized as the Rochester Transit Corporation.
PNAER cars	Now: 0 [roster]    now/formerly owned:7 [roster]