Talk:Connecticut Company

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[edit] 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)

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)

[edit] 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)