New Haven and Northampton Company

New Haven and Northampton Company
Locale New Haven, Connecticut to Northampton, Massachusetts
Dates of operation 1848–1887
Successor NYNH&H
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The New Haven and Northampton Company was a railroad built in a canal bed in 1848 and was one of the many lines consolidated into the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad on April 1, 1887.

Corporate history

The former New Haven and Northampton depot in Northampton, Massachusetts, ca. 1880s

The New York and New Haven Railroad leased the first few sections soon after they opened, obtaining the line to Plainville in 1848 and the extension to Granby plus several branches in 1850. In 1869, the leases expired, and the railroad was independent until 1887 when the New Haven leased the whole line.

Route

The railroad was built along the right-of-way next to the former Farmington Canal and ran from New Haven north to Northampton, Massachusetts and beyond to the Fitchburg Railroad's Troy and Greenfield Railroad. Portions of the line were still in use up until the 1980s.

Trail

The right-of-way is now being converted for the Farmington Canal Trail.

See also

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References


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