Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company
1887 – 1932
- State of Incorporation
- Massachusetts
- Business Purpose
- Street Railway
- Rail Operations
- 1887-1932
- Operations In
- United States: Massachusetts
Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger
- Webster and Dudley Street Railway Company
- Unknown to Unknown, Unknown
- Worcester and Southbridge Street Railway Company
- Unknown to 1911, Merged
- Marlborough and Westborough Street Railway Company
- 1896 to 1911, Merged
- Worcester and Holden Street Railway Company
- Unknown to 1911, Merged
- Worcester and Blackstone Valley Street Railway Company
- Unknown to 1911, Merged
- Worcester and Suburban Street Railway Company
- 1895 to 1901, Acquired
- Worcester and Marlborough Street Railway Company
- Unknown to 1901, Acquired
- Leominster and Clinton Street Railway Company
- Unknown to 1901, Merged
- Worcester Street Railway Company
- 1869 to 1887, Merged
- Citizens Street Railway Company
- 1885 to 1887, Merged
Timeline
- Unknown
- Webster and Dudley Street Railway Company leases its property to 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). - 1887
- Worcester Street Railway Company and Citizens Street Railway Company merge, forming 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). - July 1, 1896
- Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad property is leased to Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company.
Source
“Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad,” Wikipedia, November 8, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester_and_Shrewsbury_Railroad. - Between 1896-1899
- Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company constructs a standard gauge street railway line parallel with the Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad narrow gauge line from Bloomingdale to Lincoln Park at Lake Quinsigamond.
Source
“Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad,” Wikipedia, November 8, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester_and_Shrewsbury_Railroad. - 1899
- Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company ceases operations on the Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad.
Source
“Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad,” Wikipedia, November 8, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester_and_Shrewsbury_Railroad. - 1901
- Worcester and Suburban Street Railway Company is acquired by 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). - 1901
- Leominster and Clinton Street Railway Company merges 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). - 1911
- Worcester and Webster Street Railway Company lease is transferred to 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). - 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). - 1927
- Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company ceases operations to Springfield, Fitchburg and Blackstone Valley.
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). - March 29, 1929
- Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad and Worcester & Shrewsbury Street Railway consolidates into Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company.
Source
“Worcester and Shrewsbury Railroad,” Wikipedia, November 8, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester_and_Shrewsbury_Railroad. - 1931
- Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company ceases all but its Worcester operations and goes into receivership.
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). - June 1932
- Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company is acquired by New England Gas & Electric Association and reorganizes as Worcester 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).
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