| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 5/24/1888 | | Merger | THE MERIDEN WATERBURY & CONNECTICUT RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY formed by consolidation of THE |
| | MERIDEN & CROMWELL and THE MERIDEN & WATERBURY RAILROADS. (Company organized June 19, 1888.) |
| | 5/21/1889 | | Opening of Service | HUDSON CONNECTING RAILROAD opened, from the Poughkeepsie bridge on the westerly side of the Hudson River to |
| | Campbell Hall, New York, about 26 miles. |
| | 5/28/1891 | | Incorporation | NEW YORK, PROVIDENCE & BOSTON AND OLD COLONY RAILROAD TERMINAL COMPANY incorporated in |
| | Rhode Island for the purpose of acquiring, constructing and maintaining railroad stations and terminals in Providence, Rhode |
| | Island. (Company organized July 10, 1891.) Capital stock owned equally by New York, Providence & Boston and Old |
| | 5/17/1893 | | Incorporation | THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY incorporated in Rhode Island. |
| | 5/12/1897 | | Acquisition | THE MANUFACTURERS STREET RAILWAY COMPANY name changed to THE MANUFACTURERS RAILROAD |
| | COMPANY. |
| | 5/10/1898 | | Lease | THE NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD COMPANY leased to THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD |
| | RAILROAD COMPANY for 99 years. |
| | 5/30/1900 | | Milestone | Charles S. Mellen had urged the New Haven to purchase the CNE when he was second vice-president, and as president of the |
| | Northern Pacific he renewed his urgings. He wrote to Judge Hall, then President of the New Haven on May 30th 1900, "Is it |
| | wise, when you know so much depends upon the maintenance of your monopoly, not to take in, what you know you must |
| | eventually have, when the opportunity offers, even at a moderate advance over and above what you estimate the value of such |
| | an acquisition to be at the time?" Hall did not take his advice, so when Mellen returned to the New Haven in 1903, he |
| | quickly moved to correct what he felt was a long-standing error, and closed the deal for the Central New England almost |
| | immediately upon assuming the presidency of the New Haven. |
| | 5/18/1902 | | Opening of Service | New Haven inaugurates Knickerbocker Limited as all-parlor car between New York and Boston, leaving each city at 1:00 PM. |
| | 5/1/1904 | | Milestone | Excavations begun for Penn Station. |
| | 5/23/1904 | | Milestone | Patrick Benedict McGinnis, who would become President of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, was |
| | born in Palmyra, New York. |
| | 5/31/1907 | | Merger | THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY merged into and with THE |
| | CONSOLIDATED RAILWAY COMPANY (owning and operating street railways operating principally in Connecticut; also |
| | owning immediately preceding the merger certain steamship lines) under name of THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & |
| | HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY. |
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