Attica and Buffalo Railroad

The Attica and Buffalo Railroad was incorporated on May 3, 1836.^[1] Construction began in 1841, and the railroad opened between Buffalo and Darien in September 1842. It was extended east to Attica and a junction with the Tonawanda Railroad on November 24. Finally, the first of several Buffalo stations at Exchange Street opened in 1843.^[2]

The Attica and Buffalo Railroad and Tonawanda Railroad were consolidated on December 7, 1850, to form the Buffalo and Rochester Railroad.^[3] The new company promptly built a new direct route between Buffalo and Rochester via Batavia, bypassing Attica.^[4] The line between Attica and Depew was sold to the Buffalo and New York City Railroad, an Erie Railroad affiliate, on December 1, 1852.^[5]

• Interstate Commerce Commission (1930). Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States. Valuation reports. Vol. 27. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
• Klein, Aaron E. (1985). New York Central (1st ed.). New York: Bonanza Books. ISBN 978-0-517-46085-6.
• Stevens, Frank Walker (1926). The Beginnings of the New York Central Railroad: A History. New York: G. P. Putnam.