Farmers and merchants in the area proposed a route along the Cohocton and Genesee river valleys up to Avon.
The Erie declined, and the projected line became the Buffalo and Cohocton Valley Railroad.
[1] The side line from Avon to Batavia, however, became part of the Buffalo and Rochester Railroad.
[2] The primary accomplishment of the railroad was the construction of a new route between Buffalo and Batavia.
This shortened the distance between the two cities and became part of the New York Central Railroad's famed "Water Level Route".