At one time in Rochester’s history, a passenger who found themselves in Syracuse, NY had at least three choices of how they could come to the Rochester area by rail… Just on the New York Central! From the Central’s Water Level Route main line coming out of Grand Central Terminal in New York City to the Hojack Line or the Auburn Road, a passenger had choices on how to get to Rochester and its surrounding communities.
Here we have three New York Central cash fare receipts from the R&GVRRM‘s archives for three different routes that included both Syracuse and Rochester which lets us see just how many communities one railroad served and how one could travel just between two of upstate New York’s larger cities and beyond.
Fare was for travel between Rochester & Buffalo
Fare was for travel between Camillus and Martisco
Fare was for travel between Rochester and Forest Lawn (one stop from Webster, NY)
More to come… From the archives…