New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad

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defunct railroad railroad company

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad was a major railroad in the northeastern United States that operated extensive passenger and freight services across New England and into New York City during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
New Haven Railroad 1
New York and New Haven Railroad 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
abbreviation NYNH&H ⓘ
alsoKnownAs New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ⓘ
surface form: New Haven Railroad
controlledBy J. P. Morgan ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateFounded 1872 ⓘ
dateMergedIntoPennCentral 1969-01-01 ⓘ
dissolved 1969 ⓘ
electrification New Haven–New York main line electrified ⓘ
endOfOperation 1969 ⓘ
enteredBankruptcy 1935 ⓘ
1961 ⓘ
eraOfGreatestInfluence early 20th century ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Hartford and New Haven Railroad ⓘ
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: New York and New Haven Railroad
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
heritagePreservedBy railroad museums in New England ⓘ
mergedInto Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
notableLine New Haven–Springfield Line ⓘ
Shore Line route between New York City and Boston ⓘ
operatedCommuterServiceIn Greater Boston ⓘ
surface form: Boston area

New York metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: New York City area
operatedEquipmentType diesel locomotives ⓘ
electric locomotives ⓘ
steam locomotives ⓘ
operatedInRegion New England ⓘ
New York metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: New York City metropolitan area
primaryBusiness freight rail transport ⓘ
passenger rail transport ⓘ
servedCity Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Hartford NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Haven NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
servedState Connecticut ⓘ
Maine ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
New Hampshire ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
Vermont ⓘ
startOfOperation 1872 ⓘ
successor Amtrak ⓘ
Consolidated Rail Corporation ⓘ
surface form: Conrail

MBTA Commuter Rail network ⓘ
surface form: MBTA Commuter Rail

Metro-North Railroad ⓘ
Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ
Shore Line East ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Penn Central Transportation Company → acquired → New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ⓘ
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad → alsoKnownAs → New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Haven Railroad
Frederick William Vanderbilt → boardMemberOf → New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ⓘ
Boston and Maine Railroad → connectedTo → New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ⓘ
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad → formedByMergerOf → New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York and New Haven Railroad