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Westchester County Interurbans
Maps and Details on the Interurbans Systems in New York
Much of lower Westchester County’s interurban systems were extensions of the burgeoning New York City Streetcar and Subway system. The dominant company in the area by 1924 was the Third Avenue Railway which had acquired many of the smaller streetcar lines.
The New York, Westchester and Boston Railway (1912 to 1937) ran from the southernmost part of the South Bronx to Mount Vernon with branches both north to White Plains and east to Port Chester.
Westchester County Area Map
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Interurban Timelines - Predecessors/Mergers/End of Life
Mount Vernon
- 1865-1893 - New Rochelle Railway & Transit Co.
1887-1893 - Mount Vernon & East Chester Railway Co.
1893-1896 - Westchester Electric Railway Co.
1896-1898 - Westchester Electric Railway Co. (Union Railway Co. of New York)
1898-1910 - Westchester Electric Railway Co. (Third Avenue Railroad Co.)
1910-1942 - Westchester Electric Railway Co. (Third Avenue Railway Co.)
1942-1956 - Westchester Electric Railway Co. (Third Avenue Transit Corp.)
1950 - streetcars discontinued
White Plains
- 1894-1898 - New York Elmsford & White Plains Railroad Co.
1898-1900 - Tarrytown White Plains & Mamaroneck Railway Co.
1900-1909 - Tarrytown White Plains & Mamaroneck Railway Co. (Third Avenue Railroad Co.)
1909-1926 - Westchester Street Railroad Co.
1926-1942 - Westchester Street Transportation Co. (Third Avenue Railway Co..)
1929 - streetcars discontinued
Yonkers
- 1886-1900 - Yonkers Railroad Co.
1900-1910 - Yonkers Railroad Co. (Third Avenue Railroad Co.)
1910-1942 - Yonkers Railroad Co. (Third Avenue Railway Co.
1942-1952 - Yonkers Railroad Co. (Third Avenue Transit Corp.)
1952 - streetcars discontinued
Port Chester
- 1888-1901 - Larchmont Horse Railway
1898-1901 - Port Chester Street Railway
1901-19?? - New York & Stamford Railway
19??-1927 - New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
1927 - streetcars discontinued
Further Details
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- New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
- New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
- Third Avenue Railway | Map
- List of streetcar lines in Westchester County, New York
- New York & Stamford Railway
- Connecicut Company Map
- NJ/NY Electric Railway Map
Source/Credits
The Electric Interurban Railways in America |
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
- 1924 New York State
(eastern Section) - 1924 New York State
(western and northern sections)