| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 4/8/1846 | | Incorporation | CAPE COD BRANCH RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Massachusetts with authority to |
| | construct a railroad from Middleborough to Sandwich. |
| | 4/16/1846 | | Incorporation | FALL RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Massachusetts, being a change in name of the UNITED |
| | CORPORATION OF THE MIDDLEBOROUGH RAILROAD CORPORATION WITH THE FALL RIVER BRANCH |
| | RAILROAD COMPANY AND THE RANDOLPH & BRIDGEWATER RAILROAD CORPORATION. |
| | 4/16/1846 | | Incorporation | DORCHESTER & MILTON BRANCH RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Massachusetts. |
| | Constructed a railroad from Neponset to Mattapan. |
| | 4/16/1846 | | Incorporation | FITCHBURG & WORCESTER RAILROAD COMPANY Incorporated in Massachusetts with |
| | authority to construct a railroad from Fitchburg to a point on the Worcester and Nashua Railroad in Sterling and in certain |
| | events to Worcester. |
| | 4/16/1846 | | Incorporation | WALPOLE RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Massachusetts, with authority to construct a |
| | railroad from Dedham to Walpole, 8.5 miles. (Company organized April 25, 1846.) |
| | 4/16/1847 | | Incorporation | WEIR BRANCH RAILROAD CORPORATION incorporated in Massachusetts. (Rights transferred to NEW BEDFORD & |
| | TAUNTON RAILROAD CORPORATION and TAUNTON BRANCH RAILROAD CORPORATION, with authority to |
| | construct a railroad in Weir Village to Old Brewery Wharf in Taunton,) |
| | 4/24/1847 | | Incorporation | NORFOLK COUNTY RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Massachusetts, with authority to construct a railroad from |
| | Walpole to Blackstone, 17.5 miles, (Company organized May 16, 1847.) |
| | 4/26/1847 | | Incorporation | AGRICULTURAL BRANCH RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Massachusetts, with authority to construct a |
| | railroad from Northborough to a branch of The Boston and Worcester at Framingham center. |
| | 4/21/1848 | | Incorporation | TAUNTON & MIDDLEBOROUGH RAILROAD CORPORATION incorporated in Massachusetts, with authority to |
| | construct a railroad from the NEW BEDFORD AND TAUNTON RAILROAD at Taunton to the FALL RIVER RAILROAD |
| | at Middleborough so as to intersect THE CAPE COD BRANCH RAILROAD. |
| | 4/23/1848 | | Opening of Service | THE NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD COMPANY opened, Islington to Dedham, 2 miles. |
| | 4/23/1849 | | Opening of Service | NORFOLK COUNTY RAILROAD opened, Dedham to Blackstone, 26 miles. Connected at Dedham with West Roxbury |
| | branch of the Boston & Providence, which opened for service June, 1850. |
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