The Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad was chartered on June 29, 1870 for the purpose of building a

railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

from Rhinecliff on the

Hudson River The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between N ...

east to the

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

state line. Construction started on the line in 1872. The following is a list of the owners and lessees of the line. * 1882 -

Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad 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 Poughke ...

* 1889 -

Central New England and Western Railroad Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

* 1892 -

Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad 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 Poughke ...

* 1899 -

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 -

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 ...

Passenger service between Copake and State Line ended in 1927, between Silvernails and Rhinecliff in 1928, and between Copake and Silvernails in 1933.

Station listing

Central New England Railway lines in the Upper Hudson Valley

References

External links

Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad (KinglyHeirs; Central New England Railroad page)Railroad and County Map of New York - 1888
Defunct New York (state) railroads Companies affiliated with the Central New England Railway Predecessors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Railway companies established in 1870 Railway companies disestablished in 1882 American companies disestablished in 1882 American companies established in 1870 {{US-rail-transport-stub