| | New Haven Railroad Historical Events |
| | Date | | Category | | Event |
| | 11/10/1837 | | Opening of Service | NEW YORK, PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON RAILROAD opened, Hills Wharf, Providence, RI, to Stonington, CT (wharf). |
| | 11/14/1843 | | Opening of Service | HOUSATONIC RAILROAD contracted to deliver its New York business to the connecting boat line of George R. Schuyler. |
| | 11/10/1845 | | Opening of Service | OLD COLONY RAILROAD opened South Boston - Plymouth, 36.8 miles. |
| | 11/25/1845 | | Merger | THE PROVIDENCE & WORCESTER RAILROAD COMPANY (of Rhode Island) consolidated with PROVIDENCE & |
| | WORCESTER RAILROAD COMPANY (OF MASSACHUSETTS) as PROVIDENCE & WORCESTER RAILROAD |
| | COMPANY. |
| | 11/1/1850 | | Incorporation | PROVIDENCE & BRISTOL RAILROAD COMPANY (Rhode Island) incorporated In Rhode Island, with authority to |
| | construct a railroad In Providence to the Massachusetts line near the east shore of the Seekonk River and also from the |
| | northerly line of Barrington to Warren and Bristol, Rhode Island. |
| | 11/24/1852 | | Opening of Service | CHARLES RIVER RAILROAD opened Brookline to Newton Upper Falls. (Company organized December 8, 1852.) |
| | 11/1/1853 | | Merger | CHARLES RIVER BRANCH RAILROAD COMPANY united with CHARLES RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY under |
| | name of latter company. |
| | 11/16/1854 | | Merger | PROVIDENCE, WARREN & BRISTOL RAILROAD COMPANY formed by union of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island |
| | companies of the same name. |
| | 11/15/1855 | | Milestone | Robert S. Schuyler (1798-1855), former Pres. of New York & New Haven Railroad, dies at Nice, France; a coffin is returned, |
| | and a funeral held in New York, but with some suspicion |
| | that Schuyler was not actually dead. |
| | 11/1/1858 | | Acquisition | BOSTON & NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY deeded to MIDLAND RAILROAD COMPANY. |
| | 11/1/1861 | | Opening of Service | THE NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD opened, Needham to Medway. |
| | 11/11/1861 | | Opening of Service | Sleeping cars begin operating over "Shore Line" between New York and Boston. |
| | 11/1/1870 | | Lease | WATERTOWN & WATERBURY RAILROAD leased to the NAUGATUCK RAILROAD for five years. |
| | 11/1/1870 | | Opening of Service | WATERTOWN & WATERBURY RAILROAD opened between Watertown and Waterbury, 4.44 miles. |
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