Talk:Connecticut Company

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Did you know... that the New Haven, which operated most of the steam railroad mileage in the U.S. state of Connecticut, also controlled a vast system of trolley lines through the Connecticut Company?

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List of routes

Much of this information is from [1] and [2].

Stamford-Norwalk Line: Stamford - Darien - Norwalk
- Old Greenwich - Stamford? (Greenwich Tramway)
Norwalk-Bridgeport Line: Norwalk - Westport - Fairfield - Bridgeport
Bridgeport-New Haven Line: Bridgeport - Stratford - Milford - West Haven - New Haven
- Bridgeport-Derby Line/Stratford-Derby Line: Stratford - Shelton - Derby
  - East Derby - Derby - Ansonia

New Haven-Derby Line/New Haven-Derby-Waterbury Line: New Haven - Orange - East Derby - Ansonia - Seymour - Beacon Falls - Naugatuck - Waterbury: cut November 1935 [3]; Waterbury service ended May 23, 1937 [4]

Naugatuck Valley service ended June 20, 1937 [5]

New Haven-Waterbury Line: New Haven - Hamden - Cheshire - Waterbury: cut August 1934 [6]
- Cheshire-Milldale Shuttle: Cheshire - Milldale

Milldale - Meriden: combined with Milldale-Plainville [7]

Milldale - Southington - Plainville
- Southington - Lake Compounce
Plainville - New Britain
Hartford-New Britain Line: New Britain - Newington - Hartford: last ran April 25, 1937 [8]
- Berlin - New Britain

Waterbury-Woodbury Line: Woodbury - Middlebury - Waterbury: ended September 28, 1930 [9]
Waterbury - Milldale (Waterbury and Milldale Tramway)
Waterbury - Thomaston
Waterbury - Watertown

New Haven-Wallingford Line: New Haven - East Haven - North Haven - Wallingford (New Haven and North Haven Street Railroad?)
Wallingford - Meriden

Torrington - Winsted

Middlefield - Middletown
Middletown - Portland - Gildersleeve (Portland Street Railway)

Hartford-Middletown Line: (Middletown along NYNH&H) - Cromwell - Rocky Hill - Griswoldville - Hartford

Hartford - East Hartford
Wethersfield - Hartford (Hartford and Wethersfield Horse Railroad)
Glastonbury - East Hartford (East Hartford and Glastonbury Street Railway)
East Hartford - Manchester - Vernon - Rockville(Hartford, Manchester and Rockville Tramway)
- Rockville-Stafford Springs Line: Rockville - Tolland - Stafford Springs (Stafford Springs Street Railway)
South Manchester - Manchester (South Manchester Light Power and Tramway Company)
Unionville - Farmington - West Hartford - Hartford (Farmington Street Railway)
Hartford - Windsor (Suffield Street Railway?)
- Windsor - Rainbow
Hartford - Bloomfield
East Hartford - South Windsor

New Haven - East Haven - Branford - Stony Creek - Guilford??: abandoned Branford to Stony Creek March 1, 1937 [10]

New London-Norwich area (leased to Shore Line Electric Railway 1913-1920 [11])

Norwich-New London Line: New London - Montville - Norwich
Norwich - Yantic
Norwich-Willimantic Line: Norwich - Baltic - Franklin - South Windham - Willimantic: operated until December 1, 1936 [12]
Willimantic-Coventry Line: Willimantic - Mansfield - South Coventry: abandoned November 21, 1926 [13]
[Norwich along NYNH&H] - Central Village - Wauregan - Killingly - Danielson - Elmville - Putnam - Thompson - Worcester, MA (Peoples Tramway, Central Village to Wauregan)
- Central Village - Moosup

Over NYNH&H trackage

Middletown - Cromwell - Berlin - New Britain
East Hartford - Manchester - Vernon - Rockville
Norwich - Lisbon - Jewett City - Plainfield - Central Village
Meriden - Middletown

Bristol and Plainville Tramway

Terryville - Bristol - Plainville
Lake Compounce - Bristol

Danbury and Bethel Street Railway

Dodgingtown - Bethel - Danbury

Hartford and Springfield Street Railway

South Windsor - East Windsor - Enfield - MA (Enfield and Longmeadow Electric Railway?)
- East Windsor - Melrose - Ellington - Tolland
- Enfield - Somers
Windsor - Windsor Locks - Suffield - MA

New York and Stamford Railway

New Rochelle - Greenwich - Stamford

Providence and Danielson Railway

Elmville - RI

Shore Line Electric Railway

New Haven? - Foxon - North Branford - Guilford - Madison - Clinton - Westbrook - Old Saybrook - Old Lyme - East Lyme - Waterford - New London
- Old Saybrook - Essex - Deep River - Chester
New London - Groton ?
Groton - Stonington - RI (Groton and Stonington Street Railway)
Norwich - Preston - Ledyard - North Stonington - Stonington (Norwich and Westerly Railway)

Other minor companies

Danbury and Harlem Traction Company (very short-lived)
Berkshire Street Railway (NYNH&H-controlled) - ran north from Canaan

--NE2 04:15, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that the last southwest Connecticut-Hartford line was via Cheshire, Milldale, and New Britain. New Haven-Cheshire-Milldale survived to 1936, and New Britain-Hartford to 1937. Plainville-New Britain was gone by 1936, but I don't have a lower bound, or details for Milldale-Plainville. --NE2 22:17, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did it enter Massachusetts?

I can't figure out if the company operated from Thompson north to Webster, Massachusetts, or if that was a different company. North of Webster was the Worcester and Webster Street Railway, and the Webster and Dudley Street Railway also operated in the Webster area. [14] does not show the line, which used School Street south from downtown Webster.[15] --NE2 08:25, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]