New York and Stamford Railway

New York and Stamford Railway

Parlor car Larchmont made by the St. Louis Car Company for the personal use of Col. N. H. Heft on the New York & Stamford Railway.
Overview
Headquarters	Port Chester, New York
Locale	Westchester County, New York, and Fairfield County, Connecticut
Dates of operation	1901–1927
Predecessor	Larchmont Horse Railway Company Port Chester Railroad Company
Successor	County Transportation Company
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	600v DC

The New York and Stamford Railway was a streetcar line that connected the Westchester County suburbs of New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Harrison, Rye, and Port Chester, with the Connecticut suburbs of Greenwich and Stamford. The company was formed in 1901 when the

In 1905, the NY&S was leased to NYNH&H subsidiary Consolidated Railway (of Connecticut), which in turn controlled the Greenwich Tramway Company via stock transfer effective December 29, 1904, and outright purchase of property and franchises on September 19, 1905. The Greenwich Tramway [2] Through operations form New Rochelle to Stamford commenced soon after.^[3] The Consolidated Railway was leased by the Connecticut Company on May 31, 1907.

In the 1920s, management of the streetcar line was transferred to the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, another subsidiary of the New Haven. Routes were realigned to provide feeder service to NYW&B stations. The County Transportation Company was formed as a subsidiary of NY&S in 1925 to replace some streetcar lines with bus operation. All streetcar lines had been replaced with buses by the end of 1927. In 1928, the NYW&B acquired control of Soundview Transportation Company, which served bus routes in White Plains. County Transportation Company operated Soundview's routes under agreement, and continued to do so until it was sold off by the New Haven in 1948. Sometime after the NYW&B declared bankruptcy, control of the New York and Stamford and County Transportation was returned to the New Haven. County Transportation Company was sold off to private interests in 1957, and its operations were absorbed by Westchester County's Bee-Line Bus System in 1978.^[4]

See also

• Connecticut Company

Footnotes

References

• Bang, Robert A.; Frank, John E.; Kowanski, George W.; Vondrak, Otto M. (2007). Forgotten Railroads Through Westchester County. Port Chester, New York: Privately printed.
  ISBN 978-0-9762797-3-0
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• Reifschneider, Felix E. (1950). Trolley Lines of the Empire State. Orlando, Florida: Felix E. Reifschneider.
  OCLC 12201999
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