Rowlands
General information
LocationBrighton, New York
United States
Coordinates43°07′13″N 77°33′13″W / 43.12028°N 77.55361°W / 43.12028; -77.55361[1]
Owned byRochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway
Platforms1 side platform
Tracksballoon loop
History
OpenedDecember 1, 1927 (1927-12-01)[2]
ClosedJune 30, 1956 (1956-06-30)[2]
Services
Preceding station Rochester Subway Following station
Sunset
toward General Motors
 Main Line
Service ended 1956
 Terminus

Rowlands is a former Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway loop and station located in Brighton, New York. It was closed in 1956 along with the rest of the line.[3] The station was named after local property owner Elwell Rowland. The Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway connected to the Subway at Rowlands after 1927, abandoning their line up Monroe Avenue to the city line.

References

  1. ↑ Map of Rochester Subway, Rowlands Loop
  2. 1 2 "Passenger Runs End on Subway After 29 Years". The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. July 1, 1956. p. 5. Retrieved August 3, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ↑ "Rochester Subway". Electric Railroaders Association. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  • "Rowlands". HEADEND, The Journal of the New York Museum of Transportation. New York Museum of Transportation. Fall 2006. Retrieved January 7, 2014. Rowlands Loop is clearly seen in this 1938 aerial photo, with Monroe Ave. at the bottom of the picture. Vestiges of the relocated Erie Canal extend beyond the loop across the picture to the right. The abandoned right of way of the Rochester & Eastern interurban line comes up from the bottom left corner, passes the loop (where it once crossed the Canal on a high bridge), and takes a graceful curve at top, heading toward Pittsford and east.
  • "Rowlands Return". HEADEND, The Journal of the New York Museum of Transportation. New York Museum of Transportation. Winter 2007. Retrieved January 7, 2014. The two loops at Rowlands are shown on plate 25 of Plat Book of the Environs of Rochester, Vol..3, published in 1931 by G. M. Hopkins Co. of Philadelphia, Pa. Various identifications as well as the location of the former Erie Canal have been added.


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