| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 7/1/1958 | | Milestone | The New Haven Railroad begins operating own ticket selling and reservation system at Penn Station. (AR) |
| | 7/1/1958 | | End of Service | The New Haven Railroad discontinues all Old Colony passenger service running south from Boston; President Alpert orders |
| | temporary resumption pending new state subsidy bill. |
| | 7/31/1958 | | Sale | The New England Transportation Company consummates sale of all remaining bus routes except New Britain-Berlin to Short |
| | Line of Rhode Island and Johnson Bus Lines. (AR) |
| | 7/1/1959 | | End of Service | Interchange with Boston & Albany RR closed at State Line, MA. |
| | 7/1/1960 | | Milestone | The New Haven Railroad and New York Central sold South Station to the Boston Redevelopment Authority |
| | 7/1/1960 | | Abandonment | Line from Middletown, CT to Berlin, CT abandoned. |
| | 7/7/1961 | | Milestone | George Alpert steps down as President of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad as it declares bankruptcy for the |
| | second time in its history, giving Alpert the distinction of being the last President and Chairman of the railroad. |
| | 7/7/1961 | | 2nd Bankruptcy | After years of trying to stave off the inevitable, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad filed for bankruptcy for the |
| | second and last time in its history. Trustees would run the railroad until its inclusion in the PennCentral merger on 1/1/1969. |
| | 7/22/1963 | | Abandonment | Line from Stepney, CT to Botsford, CT abandoned. |
| | 7/23/1964 | | Wreck | 7:45pm - Six cars of a 69 car freight train derail just west of New London station and strike two Budd Cars on a siding there, |
| | sending one of them into the Thames River. |
| | 7/27/1967 | | Wreck | 18 Car Fiery Freight Train Derailment in Cranston, RI at Wellington Avenue. Friction or sparks ignited $40,000 worth of |
| | whisky in a "piggyback" car, according to the Deputy Fire Chief. |
| | 7/29/1971 | | Opening of Service | The Valley Railroad - Service begins between Essex and Deep River, one hundred years to the day of the line's original |
| | 7/29/1976 | | Milestone | Amtrak dedicates renovation of H.H. Richardson's New London, CT, station after preservation battle; exterior is preserved but |
| | interior modernized. |
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