Albany and Hudson Electric Railway
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The Albany & Hudson Electric Railway was a 37 miles (60 km) long electric railway in New York State that operated from 1899 to 1929 between Hudson and Albany with stops in 14 villages and at an amusement park on the shore of Kinderhook Lake.
The company was set-up in 1899 by merging the following three railways:
- Hudson Street Railway, a street railway in Hudson
- Kinderhook & Hudson Railway, a steam railroad between Hudson and Niverville
- Greenbush & Nassau Electric Railway, an electric railway from Kinderhook and Hudson to Rensselaer and Albany
The line was completed and inaugurated in November 1900 as the first third rail interurban line in the United States. Due to financial difficulties it was reorganized in 1909 as Albany Southern. In 1924, the line was taken over by Eastern New York Utilities Corp until being decommissioned in 1929.[2]
References
- ^ a b New Cars for Albany & Hudson Railway & Power Co. In: Street Railway Review, Vol. 10., No 10, 15 October 1900, p. 614-615.
- ^ Michael Cooney: Albany & Hudson Electric Railway. In: Upstate Earth, an exploration of the past and present of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys. 21 April 2009. Retrieved on 18 March 2018.
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