Worcester and Southbridge Street Railway Company

Timeline

1901

Worcester and Southbridge Street Railway Company begins operations between Worcester and Southbridge and Sturbridge.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1906

Worcester and Southbridge Street Railway Company is acquired by New England Investment and Security Company , a wholly owned subsidiary of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

1906

Worcester and Webster Street Railway Company leases its property to Worcester and Southbridge Street Railway Company

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).

May 1911

Worcester and Southbridge Street Railway Company, Marlborough and Westborough Street Railway Company, Worcester and Holden Street Railway Company and Worcester and Blackstone Valley Street Railway Company merge into Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company.

Source

Stephen P. Carlson with Thomas W. Harding, “New Haven Owned - Worcester, Springfield & Berkshire,” in From Boston to the Berkshires, 79-91 (Boston Street Railway Association, Inc., 1990).