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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 .
The BNSF Line is a Metra commuter rail line operated by the BNSF Railway in Chicago and its western suburbs, running from Chicago Union Station to Aurora, Illinois through the Chicago Subdivision. In 2010, the BNSF Line continued to have the highest weekday ridership (average 64,600) of the 11 Metra lines. [3] While Metra does not refer to its ...
Burlington Northern Railroad [bnsf 2] BNSF: 1970–1995 Louisville and Nashville Railroad – 1969–1971 Penn Central Transportation Company: Amtrak, Conrail: 1968–1976 1968 1968–1971 Norfolk and Western Railway: NIRC: 1976–1982 1964–1965 1964–1976 Erie Lackawanna Railway – 1960–1970 Monon Railroad – 1956–1971 Gulf, Mobile ...
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 Naugatuck Railroad opened from Milford north to Seymour in May 1849, with the extension to Waterbury opening the next month. [4] The original wooden station was replaced in 1898 by a buff brick station, now demolished. A small modern brick shelter was installed in the 1980s or 1990s. [5]
When Amtrak took over service, it rerouted the train to run between Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul through Milwaukee via the Milwaukee Road. [4] Both Burlington Northern and Great Northern at the time also used to operate west from the Twin Cities before turning northwest in Willmar, Minnesota, to reach Fargo.
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 .
The Chicago Subdivision or Chicago Sub is a railroad line in Illinois that runs about 38 miles (61 km) from Chicago to Aurora and hosts Metra's BNSF Railway Line commuter service. It is operated by BNSF Railway as the easternmost part of the railroad's Northern Transcon to Seattle, Washington .