These railroads were bought, leased, or in other ways had their track come under ownership or lease by the
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad , commonly known as The Consolidated, or simply as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated in the New England region of the United States from 1872 to December 31, 1968. Founded by the merger of ...
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' The NYNH&H was formed in 1872 as a merge of the
New York and New Haven Railroad
The New York and New Haven Railroad (NY&NH) was a railroad connecting New York City to New Haven, Connecticut, along the shore of Long Island Sound. It opened in 1849, and in 1872 it merged with the Hartford & New Haven Railroad to form the New ...
and
Hartford and New Haven Railroad
The Hartford and New Haven Railroad (H&NH), chartered in 1833, was the first railroad built in the state of Connecticut and an important direct predecessor of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The company was formed to connect the ...
.
Old Colony Railroad
The Old Colony Railroad (OC) was a major railroad system, mainly covering southeastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island, which operated from 1845 to 1893. Old Colony trains ran from Boston to points such as Plymouth, Fall Ri ...
1893
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Boston and Providence Railroad
The Boston and Providence Railroad was a railroad company in the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island which connected its namesake cities. It opened in two sections in 1834 and 1835 - one of the first rail lines in the United States - with a ...
1888
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Stoughton Branch Railroad 1872
*Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad 1879
**Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad 1876
***Agricultural Branch Railroad 1869
***Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad 1869
***Framingham and Lowell Railroad 1871
***Mansfield and Framingham Railroad 1870
***New Bedford Railroad 1875
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New Bedford and Taunton Railroad 1874
*****Fairhaven Branch Railroad 1868
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Taunton Branch Railroad
The Taunton Branch Railroad was one of the earliest railroads to be established in Massachusetts, United States. It was chartered by the state in 1835 as a branch of the Boston and Providence Railroad (which opened in 1835) running between Man ...
1873
*Cape Cod Railroad 1872
**Cape Cod Branch Railroad 1868
**Cape Cod Central Railroad 1868
*Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad 1878
*Fall River, Warren and Providence Railroad 1892
*Granite Railroad 1870
*Hanover Branch of Massachusetts Railroad 1887
*Middleborough and Taunton Railroad 1874
*Nantasket Beach Railroad 1888
*Old Colony and Newport Railroad 1872
**Dighton and Somerset Railroad 1864
**Easton Branch Railroad 1866
**Newport and Fall River Railroad 1863
**Old Colony and Fall River Railroad 1864
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Fall River Railroad 1854
***Middleborough Railroad 1895
***Old Colony Railway 1854
****Dorchester and Milton Railroad 1847
***Randolph and Bridgewater Railroad 1845
*Plymouth and Middleborough Railroad 1892
*Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad 1891
*South Shore Railroad 1876
New England Railroad 1898
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New York and New England Railroad
The New York and New England Railroad (NY&NE) was a railroad connecting southern New York State with Hartford, Connecticut; Providence, Rhode Island; and Boston, Massachusetts. It operated under that name from 1873 to 1893. Prior to 1873 it was ...
1896
**Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad 1873
***Norwich and Worcester Railroad 1869
****Boston, Norwich and New London Railroad Company 1837
****Worcester and Norwich Railroad Company 1837
***Midland Railway 1866
****Boston and New York Central Railroad 1858
*****Norfolk County Railroad 1853
*****Southbridge and Blackstone Railroad 1853
***New York and Boston Railroad 1864
****Charles River Branch Railroad 1855
****Woonsocket Union Railroad 1858
***Thompson and Willimantic Railroad 1863
**Connecticut Central Railroad 1880
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Springfield and New London Railroad 1876
**Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad 1878
***Hartford and Providence Railroad 1849
***Providence and Plainfield Railroad 1849
***Rhode Island Railroad 1849
***Rockville Branch Railroad 1868
**Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River Railroad 1892
***Meriden and Cromwell Railroad 1889
***Meriden and Waterbury Railroad 1889
**Milford and Woonsocket Railroad 1887
***Hopkinton Railroad 1883
***Milford, Franklin and Providence Railroad 1883
**Providence and Springfield Railroad 1890
**Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad 1877
**Woonsocket and Pascoag Railroad 1890
*Norwich and Worcester Railroad 1895
Housatonic Railroad
The Housatonic Railroad ( ) is a Class III railroad operating in southwestern New England and eastern New York. It was chartered in 1983 to operate a short section of ex-New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in northwestern Connecticut, an ...
1892
*Berkshire Railroad 1843
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Danbury and Norwalk Railroad 1886
*Danbury Terminal Railroad 1997
*New Haven and Derby Railroad 1889
*New York, Housatonic and Northern Railroad 1876
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Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern Railroad
The Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern Railroad was a short independent Rail transport, railroad in western Connecticut that was chartered as the Shepaug Valley Railroad in 1868 and operated from 1872 to 1891 when it was taken over by the Housatoni ...
1891
**Shepaug Railroad 1887
**Shepaug Valley Railroad 1873
*Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad 1874
*West Stockbridge Railroad 1843
Boston and New York Air-Line Railroad
The Boston and New York Air-Line Railroad (commonly known simply as The Air Line, known as the New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic Railroad before 1875) was a railroad in Connecticut. Envisioned as a direct route between New Haven and Boston, i ...
1883
*New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic Railroad 1875
Central New England Railway
The Central New England Railway was a railroad from Hartford, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts, west across northern Connecticut and across the Hudson River on the Poughkeepsie Bridge to Maybrook, New York. It was part of the Poughkee ...
1927
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Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad
The Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad, originally the Dutchess and Columbia Railroad and affectionately ''"The Never Did and Couldn't"'', is a link in the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad system in New York state.
History
Beg ...
1905
**Clove Branch Railroad 1896
**Dutchess and Columbia Railway 1877
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New York, Boston and Montreal Railway 1874
****Harlem Extension Railroad 1873
*****Lebanon Springs Railroad 1870
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New York, Boston and Northern Railway
The New York and Putnam Railroad, nicknamed the Old Put, was a railroad line that operated between the Bronx and Brewster, New York, Brewster in New York (State), New York State. It was in close proximity to the Hudson River Railroad and New Yo ...
1873
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Dutchess and Columbia Railroad 1872
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Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad 1899
**Central New England and Western Railroad 1892
***Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad 1890
****Connecticut Western Railroad 1881
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Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad
The Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad was chartered on June 29, 1870 for the purpose of building a railroad from Rhinecliff on the Hudson River east to the Connecticut state line. Construction started on the line in 1872.
The following is a list ...
1882
**Dutchess County Railroad 1892
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Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railroad 1907
**New York and Massachusetts Railroad 1893
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Poughkeepsie, Hartford and Boston Railroad 1887
****Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railway 1875
Hartford and Connecticut Valley Railroad 1887
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Connecticut Valley Railroad 1880
New York and New Haven Railroad
The New York and New Haven Railroad (NY&NH) was a railroad connecting New York City to New Haven, Connecticut, along the shore of Long Island Sound. It opened in 1849, and in 1872 it merged with the Hartford & New Haven Railroad to form the New ...
1872
*New Haven and Northampton Railroad 1849
**Hampshire and Hampden Railroad 1862
**Holyoke and Westfield Railroad 1870
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Shore Line Railway 1870
**New Haven, New London and Stonington Railroad 1868
***New Haven and New London Railroad 1857
***New London and Stonington Railroad 1857
***New York and New London Railroad 1857
Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad
The Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad (HR&PC) was chartered in 1866 as a branch line railroad between New York City and Port Chester, New York. The line opened in 1873 as part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and served in va ...
1872
Hartford and New Haven Railroad
The Hartford and New Haven Railroad (H&NH), chartered in 1833, was the first railroad built in the state of Connecticut and an important direct predecessor of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The company was formed to connect the ...
1872
*Hartford and Springfield Railroad 1847
*Middletown Railroad 1850
*New Britain and Middletown Railroad 1868
Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River Railway 1898
Naugatuck Railroad
Founded in 1996, the Naugatuck Railroad is a common carrier railroad owned by the Railroad Museum of New England and operated by Naugatuck Railroad on tracks leased by Naugatuck Railroad from the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The origi ...
1887
*Watertown and Waterbury Railroad 1870
Stamford and New Canaan Railroad 1884
*New Canaan Railroad 1883
New Haven and Northampton Railway 1887
New York, Providence and Boston Railroad
The New York, Providence and Boston Railroad, normally called the Stonington Line, was a major part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad between New London, Connecticut and Providence, Rhode Island. It is now part of Amtrak's high-sp ...
1893
*Pawtuxet Valley Railroad 1883
*Pontiac Branch Railroad 1880
*Providence and Worcester Railroad 1888
*Warwick Railroad 1879
*Westerly Granite Railroad 1881
Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company
The Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company was a railroad in Rhode Island. It was first chartered in 1862 as the Wickford Branch Railroad, and intended to connect Wickford Junction station to downtown Wickford, Rhode Island, by ra ...
1909
South Manchester Railroad 1933
References
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New Haven
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,023 ...