New Haven New York Railroad

It is now part of amtrak s high speed northeast corridor.

New haven new york railroad. The new haven railroad historical and technical association is a tax exempt 501 c 3 non profit group dedicated to the preservation of the history of the new york new haven hartford railroad company and its predecessor and subsidiary companies. New york new haven and hartford railroad company american railroad operating in southern new england and new york. Beginning in the 1890s and accelerating in 1903 new york banker j. It opened in 1849 and in 1872 it merged with the hartford new haven railroad to form the new york new haven hartford railroad.

Morgan sought to monopolize new england transportation by arranging the nh s acquisition of 50 companies including other railroads and steamship lines and building a network o. The new york new haven hartford railroad new haven served new england for nearly 150 years before disappearing into penn central and later conrail in 1976. It was built up from about 125 small railroads the earliest of which began operation in 1834 as the hartford and new haven railroad. In 1872 the new york and new haven railroad company joined with the hartford and new haven to form the new york new haven and hartford.

The new haven line s ridership at 125 000 weekday and 39 million annual passengers ranks as the busiest rail line in the united states. 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. New york and new haven railroad. Hudson harlem new haven lines to operate on hourly schedule eff.

It was absorbed by the penn central transportation company in 1969. April 13 quiet cars policy temporarily on hold during covid 19 pause all metro north ticket offices temporarily closed as precaution against covid 19. While single phase ac railroad electrification has become commonplace the new haven s system was unprecedented at the time of construction. It electrified its mainline between stamford connecticut and woodlawn new york in 1907 and extended the electrification to new haven connecticut in 1914.

Metro north railroad s new haven line runs from new haven connecticut southwest to mount vernon new york. The new york new haven and hartford railroad pioneered electrification of main line railroads using high voltage alternating current single phase overhead catenary. The new york new haven and hartford railroad commonly known as the new haven was a railroad that operated in the new england region of the united states from 1872 to 1968 dominating the region s rail traffic for the first half of the 20th century.