Elmwood (RIRTR station)

Elmwood
Location Brighton, New York
Coordinates 43°07′36″N 77°33′12″W / 43.12667°N 77.55333°W / 43.12667; -77.55333Coordinates: 43°07′36″N 77°33′12″W / 43.12667°N 77.55333°W / 43.12667; -77.55333
Owned by Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2 (former)
History
Opened 1918
Closed 1956
Services
Preceding station   RIRTR   Following station
Main Branch
Service ended 1956
toward Rowlands

Elmwood is a former Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway station located in Brighton, New York. It was closed in 1956 along with the rest of the line.[1]

This station was built at Elmwood Avenue in a cutting that had once been the bed of the Erie Canal and is now a section of the Interstate 590 highway.

References

  1. "Rochester Subway". Electric Railroaders Association. Retrieved 7 January 2014.


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