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Main & Oak
Main & Oak
General information
Other names	West Main Street
Location	Rochester, New York; United States
Coordinates	43°09′16″N 77°37′13″W / 43.15444°N 77.62028°W
Owned by	Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2 (former)
Connections	Main Street lines
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	December 1, 1927; 98 years ago
Closed	June 30, 1956; 70 years ago
Services
Location
Location

Main & Oak also known as West Main Street was a former Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway station located in Rochester, New York.^[3] The station was near the Oak Street Loop, and a surface connection to streetcars on Main Street.^[1] The station closed in 1956 along with the rest of the line.^[4]

The Broad Street Tunnel Project rehabilitated some sections and the subway tunnel where this station had been located, between Main Street and Brown Street, was filled in.^[5] The new west portal to the tunnel is just west of this station along Broad Street.

References

1 2 Vitaly, Uzoff (1937). "Rochester Subway trackage map of 1928". New York Heritage. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
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.
↑ "Rochester's Subway Line". digitalscholar.rochester.edu. Retrieved May 28, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "Rochester Subway". Electric Railroaders Association. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
↑ "Broad Street Tunnel Project". The City of Rochester, NY. Retrieved January 9, 2014.

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[ETA-1] 1 2 Vitaly, Uzoff (1937). "Rochester Subway trackage map of 1928". New York Heritage. Retrieved June 24, 2026.

[rocsubway-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.

[3] "Rochester's Subway Line". digitalscholar.rochester.edu. Retrieved May 28, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[ERA-4] "Rochester Subway". Electric Railroaders Association. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.

[5] "Broad Street Tunnel Project". The City of Rochester, NY. Retrieved January 9, 2014.

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