Editing Rochester, New York (section)

====Rails and mass transit====
{{See also|Louise M. Slaughter Rochester Station|Rochester Subway}}
[[File:Rochester platform 2019.jpg|thumb|Platform at the [[Louise M. Slaughter Rochester Station]]]]
Local bus service in Rochester and its county suburbs is provided by the [[Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority]] (RGRTA) via its Regional Transit Service (RTS) subsidiary. RTS also provides suburban service outside the immediate Rochester area and runs smaller transportation systems in outlying counties, such as WATS (Wayne Area Transportation System). All RTS routes are based out of the RTS Transit Center on Mortimer Street. Rochester has intercity and transcontinental bus service via [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] and [[Trailways Transportation System|Trailways]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rochester, New York - Bus Station and Stops |url=https://trailways.com/bus-station/rochester-ny/ |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=Trailways |language=en}}</ref>

Rail service to Rochester is provided by the Louise M. Slaughter Rochester Station, served by [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Empire Service]]'' between New York City and Niagara Falls, the ''[[Maple Leaf (train)|Maple Leaf]]'' between New York City and Toronto, and the ''[[Lake Shore Limited]]'' between New York City/Boston and Chicago. Prior to 1965, Rochester had a smaller station reminiscent of New York City's "[[Grand Central Terminal]]". It was among [[Claude Fayette Bragdon]]'s best works in Rochester.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} The current station is modeled after Bragdon's work and named in honor of former longtime congresswoman [[Louise Slaughter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://13wham.com/news/local/rochesters-train-station-named-in-honor-of-late-congresswoman-louise-slaughter|title=Rochester's train station named in honor of late Congresswoman Louise Slaughter|date=March 25, 2019|website=[[WHAM-TV]]|access-date=March 5, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806175557/https://13wham.com/news/local/rochesters-train-station-named-in-honor-of-late-congresswoman-louise-slaughter|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rochester used to be a major stop on several railroad lines. The [[New York Central Railroad]] provided service to Chicago and Buffalo to the west and Albany and New York City to the east and southeast. The [[Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway]] (absorbed by the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]) served Buffalo and Pittsburgh until 1955. A rail route to Salamanca in southern New York State afforded connections in [[Salamanca, New York|Salamanca]] to southwestern and southeastern New York State.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.r2parks.net/BR&P.html |title=Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway |website=www.r2parks.net |access-date=December 25, 2021 |archive-date=February 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214052053/http://www.r2parks.net/BR%26P.html |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=February 2024}} The last long-distance train was the ''Northern Express''/''Southern Express,'' operated by the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] on the [[Genesee Valley Canal Railroad]], that went to [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]] via Canandaigua, Elmira and Williamsport; service ended in 1971.<ref>{{cite report|author=Christopher T. Baer |title=NAMED TRAINS OF THE PRR INCLUDING THROUGH SERVICES |date=September 8, 2009 |url=http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR%20NAMED%20TRAINS.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603231920/http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR%20NAMED%20TRAINS.pdf|archive-date=June 3, 2011}}</ref> Also serving Rochester were the [[Erie Railroad]] and [[Lehigh Valley Railroad]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}

[[File:Rochester NY Broad Street Bridge Subway 2001.jpg|thumb|The Broad Street Aqueduct was used as a [[Rochester Subway|subway tunnel]] in the mid-20th century.]]
From 1927 to 1956, Rochester had a [[light rail]] underground transit system called the [[Rochester subway]], which was first operated by [[New York State Railways]] and later by the [[Rochester Transit Corporation]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Middleton|first=William D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=foSEPTUE7NMC&pg=PA90|title=Metropolitan Railways: Rapid Transit in America|date=2003|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-34179-2|language=en|access-date=March 5, 2020|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819065449/https://books.google.com/books?id=foSEPTUE7NMC&pg=PA90|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="subway" /> Rochester was the smallest city in the world to have such a system.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jacobs|first=Frank|url=https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/376-pipe-dreams-or-the-rochester-ghost-subway|title=The Ghost Subway of Rochester, New York|date=July 23, 2010|work=[[Big Think]]|access-date=March 5, 2020|language=en|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806170203/https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/376-pipe-dreams-or-the-rochester-ghost-subway|url-status=live}}</ref> After the subway was shut down in 1956, the eastern half of the subway past Court Street became the [[Eastern Expressway]], and the western end of the open cut was filled in 1976. The tunnel was last used for freight service by [[Gannett Company]] to bring paper to the printing presses for the [[Democrat and Chronicle]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Freile |first1=Victoria E. |title=Take a peek inside the stunning, abandoned Rochester subway tunnels |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/in-depth/lifestyle/2021/07/12/rochester-subway-beckons-people-underground-65-years-after-last-train/7540544002/ |access-date=23 January 2024 |work=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |date=12 July 2021}}</ref> In the years since, the tunnel has become a hub for [[graffiti]] artists. Several proposals have been made to completely fill the remaining tunnel, redevelop the underground space, or convert the bridge to a pedestrian crossing. Portions have been filled in at the western end and the eastern end for new above-ground development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/10/03/inside-erie-canal-aqueduct/73163610/|title=Visitors go below to see unused tunnel|last=McDermott|first=Meaghan M.|date=October 3, 2015|website=[[Democrat and Chronicle]]|language=en|access-date=March 5, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807004816/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/10/03/inside-erie-canal-aqueduct/73163610/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/06/29/city-eyes-parking-rochesters-old-subway-tunnel/745517002/|title=City eyes parking in Rochester's old subway tunnel|last=Sharp|first=Brian|date=June 29, 2018|website=[[Democrat and Chronicle]]|language=en|access-date=March 5, 2020|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020231054/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/06/29/city-eyes-parking-rochesters-old-subway-tunnel/745517002/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Broad Street Bridge (Rochester, New York)|Broad Street aqueduct]], which contains part of the tunnel, was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1976.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318808|title=New York SP Erie Canal: Second Genesee Aqueduct|publisher=Department of the Interior. National Park Service.|year=1976|series=[[National Register of Historic Places]]|access-date=March 5, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806213642/https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318808|url-status=live}}</ref>