Historical marker for the Albany-Hudson Rail Line in East GreenbushSummer car by Wason Manufacturing Co.[1]North Chatham train depot and historic marker
The Albany & Hudson Electric Railway, or the Albany & Hudson Railway & Power Company, was a 37 miles (60 km) long electric railway in New York State.[2] It operated from 1899 to 1929 between Hudson and Albany. It had stops in 14 villages and at an amusement park on the shore of Kinderhook Lake. The company was created in 1899 by merging three railways as well as several power companies.[3] The railway companies involved were:
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 1902 as the Albany and Hudson Railroad (not Railway), and again in 1909 as the Albany Southern Railroad.[3] In 1924, the line was taken over by Eastern New York Utilities Corp until being decommissioned in 1929.[4]
Much of the route became a part of the Albany-Hudson Electric Trail, a section of the Empire State Trail,[5][6][7] which opened at the end of 2020. Extended sections of the trail are off-road rail trail paths.
^New Cars for Albany & Hudson Railway & Power Co. In: Street Railway Review, Vol. 10., No 10, 15 October 1900, p. 614-615.
^ abJohnson, Carl (13 February 2016). "The Albany & Hudson & Kinderhook & Greenbush Railway Gas Electric Bridge Company". Hoxsie!. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
^Cooney, Michael (21 April 2009). "Albany & Hudson Electric Railway". Upstate Earth. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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"Albany-Hudson Electric Trail". Hudson River Valley Greenway. NYS Hudson River Valley Greenway. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^Crowe, Kenneth C. (2 August 2017). "Old Rensselaer-Hudson trolley line to be part of Empire State Trail". Albany Times-Union. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^Schneider, Erica (13 May 2021). "TrailsBlog: Albany-Hudson Electric Trail, Part of the Empire State Trail". Parks & Trails New York. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
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