What freight railroads serve Connecticut? A listing of Connecticut towns and what railroads serve them for rail freight. All about the freight railroads that serve Connecticut. Looking for an industrial site in Connecticut? If you have Google Earth , you can tour the state too: Towns are ranked by size.

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There is no "brrreeeport" in Connecticut, but there are plenty of towns that are served by freight railroads. Search them out!
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Who Do I Call to Move My Freight? For Connecticut Towns Over 15,000 Population
City (Links to WebSite)	Population	Railroad (Links to WebSite)	Notes
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There is no "brrreeeport" in Connecticut, but there are plenty of towns that are served by freight railroads. Search them out!
Ansonia	Killingly	Shelton
Avon	Madison	Simsbury
Berlin	Manchester	Southbury
Bethel	Mansfield	Southington
Bloomfield	Meriden	South Windsor
Branford	Middletown	Stamford
Bridgeport	Milford	Stonington
Bristol	Monroe	Stratford
Brookfield	Montville	Torrington
Cheshire	Naugatuck	Trumbull
Danbury	New Britain	Vernon
Darien	New Canaan	Wallingford
East Hartford	New Haven	Waterbury
East Haven	Newington	Waterford
East Lyme	New London	Watertown
Fairfield	New Milford	West Hartford
Farmington	Newtown	Westport
Glastonbury	North Haven	Wethersfield
Greenwich	Norwalk	Wilton
Groton	Norwich	Windham
Guilford	Plainville	Wolcott
Hamden	Ridgefield
Hartford	Rocky Hill
	Seymour

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Who Do I Call to Move My Freight? For Connecticut Towns Over 15,000 Population
City (CLICK HERE for WebSite)	Population	Railroad	Notes
Bridgeport	139,529	CSX
New Haven	123,626	CSX	Serves North Haven to New York State line
New Haven	123,626	Providence & Worcester	Belle Dock Branch
Hartford	121,578	Providence & Worcester	Valley Line Middletown to Hartford
Hartford	121,578	Connecticut Southern	Springfield Line (trackage rights on Amtrak)
Hartford	121,578	Central New England	Some trackage not covered by Connecticut Southern
Stamford	117,083	CSX
Waterbury	107,271	Guilford/Springfield Terminal
Norwalk	82,951	CSX
Norwalk	82,951	Providence & Worcester	Danbury line
Danbury	74,848	Housatonic Railroad
Danbury	74,848	Providence & Worcester	Tilcon stone only
New Britain	71,538	Guilford/Springfield Terminal	Connection to Waterbury only
New Britain	71,538	Connecticut Southern	Trackage rights on Amtrak
West Hartford	63,589	Connecticut Southern Railroad
Greenwich	61,101	CSX
Bristol	60,062	Guilford/Springfield Terminal	New Britain Waterbury Line
Meriden	58,244	Connecticut Southern Railroad	Trackage rights on Amtrak
Fairfield	57,340	CSX
Hamden	56,913	CSX
Manchester	54,740	Connecticut Southern Railroad
West Haven	52,360	CSX
Milford	52,305	CSX
Stratford	49,976	CSX
East Hartford	49,575	Connecticut Southern Railroad
Middletown	43,167	Providence & Worcester
Wallingford	43,026	Connecticut Southern Railroad	Trackage rights on Amtrak
Groton	39,907	Providence & Worcester	Groton-Norwich-Worcester Line New Haven to Rhode Island line
Southington	39,728	Guilford/Springfield Terminal	New Britain to Waterbury including Canal Line
Shelton	38,101	Housatonic Railroad	Danbury to Derby Junction
Norwich	36,117	Providence & Worcester	Groton-Norwich-Worcester Line
Norwich	36,117	New England Central Railroad	New London/Palmer line
Torrington	35,202	Naugatuck Railroad	Connection to Guilford/Springfield Terminal at Watertown Junction
Trumbull	34,243	No railroad
Glastonbury	31,876	No railroad
Naugatuck	30,989	Guilford/Springfield Terminal	Trackage rights on Metro North
Newington	29,306	Connecticut Southern Railroad	Trackage rights on Amtrak
Branford	28,683	Providence & Worcester	New Haven to Rhode Island line
Cheshire	28,543	No railroad
Windsor	28,237	Connecticut Southern Railroad	Trackage rights on Amtrak
East Haven	28,129	Providence & Worcester	New Haven to Rhode Island line
Vernon	28,063	No railroad
New Milford	27,121	Housatonic	Danbury to Massachusetts line
Wethersfield	26,271	Providence & Worcester	Valley Line Middletown to Hartford
Westport	25,749	CSX
New London	25,671	New England Central Railroad	New London/Palmer line
New London	25,671	Providence & Worcester	New Haven to Rhode Island line
Newtown	25,031	Housatonic	Danbury to Derby Junction line
South Windsor	24,412	Central New England	Connection to Connecticut Southern
Ridgefield	23,643	No railroad
Farmington	23,641	Guilford/Springfield Terminal	New Britain to Waterbury including Canal Line
Simsbury	23,234	No railroad
North Haven	23,035	Connecticut Southern Railroad	Trackage rights on Amtrak
North Haven	23,035	CSX
Windham	22,857	New England Central Railroad	New London/Palmer line
Watertown	21,661	No railroad
Guilford	21,398	Providence & Worcester	New Haven to Rhode Island line
Mansfield	20,720	No railroad
Darien	19,607	CSX
Bloomfield	19,587	Connecticut Southern Railroad
New Canaan	19,395	CSX
Monroe	19,247	Housatonic Railroad	Danbury to Derby Junction
Waterford	19,152	Providence & Worcester	New Haven to Rhode Island line
Southbury	18,567	Housatonic Railroad	Danbury to Derby Junction
Ansonia	18,554	Guilford/Springfield Terminal	Trackage rights on Metro North
Montville	18,546	New England Central Railroad	New London/Palmer line
Berlin	18,215	Connecticut Southern	Trackage rights on Amtrak
East Lyme	18,118	Providence & Worcester	New Haven to Rhode Island line
Bethel	18,067	Providence & Worcester	Danbury line
Rocky Hill	17,966	Providence & Worcester	Valley Line Middletown to Hartford
Stonington	17,906	Providence & Worcester	New Haven to Rhode Island line
Madison	17,858	Providence & Worcester	New Haven to Rhode Island line
Wilton	17,633	Providence & Worcester	Danbury line
Plainville	17,328	Guilford/Springfield Terminal	New Britain Waterbury Line
Killingly	16,472	No railroad
Avon	15,832	No railroad
Brookfield	15,664	Housatonic	Danbury to Massachusetts line
Seymour	15,454	Guilford/Springfield Terminal	Trackage rights on Metro North
Wolcott	15,215	No railroad

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Freight Returns to Connecticut

The August 26 Merdien Record-Journal ran a story on an old bridge over Gracy avenue in Meriden. This was part of the old "Merdien, Waterbury, & CT River RR, which is currently owned by the York Hill quarry on the east side of Meriden. I guess the quarry had purchased the right of way when the line was abandoned, in case they ever wanted to use rail service again. Local residents want the bridge taken down, but the owner stated that with the rising cost of fuel in shipping traprock by truck, they are looking into the possibility of shipping by rail again. This would of course require a lot of logging and tie replacement, and building a bridge over North Colony street that was taken down about a year ago. If this all happend the quarry would be a new customer stop for Connecticut Southern RR, with the lead to that line being right near Quarry interlocking on Amtrak. A different bridge than just mentioned, and crosses over the Amtrak mains, can be seen just to the north from the Amtrak crossing at North Colony street. The lead up to this "York Hill" line would be up near Quarry interlocking on the west side of the tracks, and would go south and then west through the woods to clear a switch on the west side of the bridge. The bridge mentioned in the newspaper article is to the west of the bridge over the Amtrak main, and this lead would give them about 40-50 cars worth of headroom past the switch to get in and out of there. A little premature, but I wonder if the quarry would use their own switcher to drop cars near Amtrak, or CSO-2 would have to go all the way to the east side of Meriden to the quarry. The rails are still visible but are now choked by some 35 years of forest growth. Last railcars at the quarry in the were in the 1960s. Still, it's interesting to learn that the quarry was far-sighted enough to buy the roughly 3.5 miles of right-of-way to the Amtrak main line and is fighting to keep it. Maybe the tide is slowing turning?

This is what it looked like 100 years ago

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