Culver station

For the Los Angeles Metro station, see Culver City station. For the former streetcar terminal in Brooklyn, see Culver Depot.

Culver Avenue is a former Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway station located in Rochester, New York. It was closed in 1956 along with the rest of the line.^[2]

Culver
General information
Location	Rochester, New York United States
Coordinates	43°08′35″N 77°34′31″W
Owned by	Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2 (former)
History
Opened	December 1, 1927; 96 years ago (1927-12-01)[1]
Closed	June 30, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-06-30)[1]
Services
Preceding station Rochester Subway Following station Monroe toward General Motors Main Line Service ended 1956 Colby toward Rowlands

This station was built at Culver Road in a cutting^[2] that had once been the bed of the Erie Canal and is now a section of the Eastern Expressway, with a siding on the south side to the National Guard Armory^[2]

The Armory had originally been home to the 121st Cavalry Regiment, and in 2012 the building was repurposed into a mixed-use development Culver Road Armory, containing restaurants, offices, retail and residences.^[3]

References

1. "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.
2. "Rochester Subway". Electric Railroaders Association. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
3. "Culver Road Armory". RocWiki. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

External links

• Culver Road Armory