Northampton & Amherst Street Railway
1897 – 1905
- State of Incorporation
- Massachusetts
- Business Purpose
- Street Railway
- Rail Operations
- 1900-1905
- Operations In
- United States: Massachusetts
Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger
- Greenfield & Turners Falls Street Railway
- to Present, Acquired
- Greenfield, Deerfield & Northampton Street Railway
- to Present, Acquired
Timeline
- September 1897
- Northampton & Amherst Street Railway is chartered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Source
Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Northern Mass. & The Connecticut Valley - The Massachusetts Consolidated Railways,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 117-121 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990). - January 1900
- Northampton & Amherst Street Railway begins operations.
Source
Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Northern Mass. & The Connecticut Valley - The Massachusetts Consolidated Railways,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 117-121 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990). - July 1900
- Northampton & Amherst Street Railway begins operations to Laurel Park and Hatfield.
Source
Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Northern Mass. & The Connecticut Valley - The Massachusetts Consolidated Railways,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 117-121 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990). - March 1905
- Greenfield & Turners Falls Street Railway and Greenfield, Deerfield & Northampton Street Railway are acquired by Northampton & Amherst Street Railway.
Source
Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Northern Mass. & The Connecticut Valley - The Massachusetts Consolidated Railways,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 117-121 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990). - May 1905
- Northampton & Amherst Street Railway is renamed to Connecticut Valley Street Railway.
Source
Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “Northern Mass. & The Connecticut Valley - The Massachusetts Consolidated Railways,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 117-121 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).