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The Waterbury Branch is a branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, running north from a junction in the Devon section of Milford to Waterbury, Connecticut. Originally built as the Naugatuck Railroad , it once continued north to Winsted .
Also serves CT Rail's Shore Line East and Hartford Line and Amtrak's Acela, Hartford Line, Northeast Regional, Valley Flyer, and Vermonter trains. University Heights Hudson Line: University Heights: The Bronx, NY: New York Central ‡ Also served Putnam Branch until 1958 Valhalla Harlem Line: Valhalla: Westchester, NY: New York Central: 1890 ...
The New Haven Line is a 72.7 mi (117.0 km) commuter rail line operated by the Metro-North Railroad in the U.S. states of New York and Connecticut.Running from New Haven, Connecticut, to New York City, the New Haven Line joins the Harlem Line in Mount Vernon, New York, and continues south to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.
Power is collected from the bottom of the third rail as opposed to the top, used by other third rail systems, including the Long Island Rail Road and New York City Subway. This system is known as the Wilgus-Sprague third rail, and the SEPTA Market–Frankford Line in Philadelphia and Metro-North are the only two systems in North America that ...
Derby–Shelton station (signed as Derby/Shelton) is a commuter rail station on the Waterbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, serving the cities of Derby and Shelton, Connecticut. It is the southernmost stop on the Waterbury Branch before trains merge onto the Northeast Corridor .
Starting in 1983, commuter service between Bridgeport and Waterbury was operated by Metro-North Railroad as the Waterbury Branch. The CDOT purchased the line between Devon and Torrington in 1982 from Conrail to preserve its use as a rail corridor. The line north of Waterbury was leased to the Boston and Maine Corporation in 1982. Freight ...
The old station is now the offices of the Republican-American, Waterbury's daily newspaper. The modern station has one high-level side platform to the east of the tracks long enough for one and a half train cars to receive and discharge passengers. The platform has a roof that covers it. A Metro-North siding is located just south of the station.
The Valley Flyer is a passenger train operated by Amtrak between New Haven, Connecticut and Greenfield, Massachusetts along Amtrak's New Haven–Springfield Line and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's (MassDOT's) Connecticut River Line.