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Rail service in Naugatuck dates back to the 1840s with the establishment of the Naugatuck Railroad. The Naugatuck was acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, which built a new station house between 1908 and 1910, and opened it in 1911. The old station was designed by Henry Bacon, one of America's foremost architects. [6]
The Naugatuck Railroad is a common carrier railroad owned by the Railroad Museum of New England and operated on tracks leased from the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The original Naugatuck Railroad was a railroad chartered to operate through south central Connecticut in 1845, with the first section opening for service in 1849.
NJT station leased to Metro-North Naugatuck Waterbury Branch: Naugatuck: New Haven, CT: New Haven: New Canaan New Canaan Branch: New Canaan: Fairfield, CT: New Haven ‡ 1868 New Hamburg Hudson Line: New Hamburg: Dutchess, NY: New York Central: October 17, 1981 Rebuilt by the MTA; station was closed by Penn Central on July 2, 1973 New Rochelle
Naugatuck Railroad: NAUG 1996 Guilford Rail System: Primarily a heritage railroad, but also provides freight service between Waterbury and Torrington. Railroad Museum of New England [1] New England Central Railroad: NECR 1995 Central Vermont Railway: Operates a main line between New London and the Massachusetts state line, via Willimantic ...
Efforts came to fruition in September 1996 when the current Naugatuck Railroad commenced a tourist scenic train over the 19.6 miles (31.5 km) of the Naugatuck Railroad's right-of-way that had opened for service in September 1849. [2] The railroad is headquartered at Thomaston station, built in 1881 and last used by passengers in 1958.
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] As of 2024, the state plans to add an accessible high-level platform at the station, with construction to take place from 2025 to 2027. The existing shelter building would be removed.
The first "regular" train started on July 31, 1871. [2] On August 24, 1871, the Connecticut Valley Railroad declared an official opening. The schedules of trains operating along the Valley Railroad called for one mixed train and four passenger trains each way daily (except Sunday) with fifteen stops along the way.
30th Street Station in Philadelphia Omaha station in Omaha, Nebraska, designed as part of the Amtrak Standard Stations Program This is a list of train stations and Amtrak Thruway stops used by Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in the United States). This list is in alphabetical order by station or stop name, which mostly corresponds to the city in which it is located. If an ...