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New Canaan Branch, the Glossary

Index New Canaan Branch

The New Canaan Branch is an 8.2-mile (13 km) long branch line of the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line that begins from a junction east of downtown Stamford, Connecticut, north to New Canaan.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 40 relations: Amtrak, Bankruptcy, Branch line, Commuter rail, Connecticut, Connecticut Commuter Rail Council, Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut Route 106, CT Transit, Darien, Connecticut, Electric Railway Journal, Grand Central Terminal, Greyhound Lines, Hartford Courant, Hurricane Sandy, Level crossing, List of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad precursors, Long Island Sound, M2/M4/M6 (railcar), M8 (railcar), Metro-North Railroad, Milestone, Mount Vernon, New York, National Transportation Safety Board, New Canaan, Connecticut, New Haven Line, New Haven, Connecticut, New York and New Haven Railroad, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Overhead line, Penn Central Transportation Company, Peter Pan Bus Lines, Railway signal, Slippery rail, Springdale Cemetery station, Stamford, Connecticut, Trade union, Train driver, University of Connecticut, Woodway station.

  2. Metro-North Railroad
  3. Passenger rail transportation in Connecticut
  4. Rail infrastructure in Connecticut
  5. Railway lines opened in 1868

Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.

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Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts.

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Branch line

A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line.

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Commuter rail

Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Connecticut Commuter Rail Council

The Connecticut Public Transportation Council is an independent state board that acts as an advocate for commuters on the Metro-North, Hartford Line, and Shore Line East railroads as well as transit commuters that use buses like CT Transit in the state of Connecticut. New Canaan Branch and Connecticut Commuter Rail Council are metro-North Railroad and passenger rail transportation in Connecticut.

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Connecticut Department of Transportation

The Connecticut Department of Transportation (often referred to as CTDOT, occasionally ConnDOT, and CDOT in rare instances) is responsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports and waterways in Connecticut.

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Connecticut Route 106

Route 106 is a state highway in southwestern Connecticut, running from Stamford to Wilton.

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CT Transit

CT Transit (styled as CTtransit) is a public transportation bus system serving many metropolitan areas and their surrounding suburbs in the state of Connecticut.

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Darien, Connecticut

Darien is a coastal town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.

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Electric Railway Journal

Electric Railway Journal was an American magazine primarily about electric urban rail transit in North America, published by McGraw Hill from June 1908 until December 1931.

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Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal (GCT; also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter rail terminal located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Greyhound Lines

Greyhound Lines, Inc. (Greyhound) is a company that operates the largest intercity bus service in North America.

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Hartford Courant

The Hartford Courant is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and is advertised as the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States.

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Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as Superstorm Sandy) was an extremely large and destructive Category 3 Atlantic hurricane which ravaged the Caribbean and the coastal Mid-Atlantic region of the United States in late October 2012.

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Level crossing

A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel.

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List of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad precursors

These railroads were bought, leased, or in other ways had their track come under ownership or lease by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.

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Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound is a marine sound and tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean.

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M2/M4/M6 (railcar)

The M2, M4 and M6 were three similar series of electric multiple unit rail cars produced by the Budd Company (M2), Tokyu Car Corporation (M4), and Morrison-Knudsen (M6) for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT).

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M8 (railcar)

The M8 is an electric multiple unit railroad car built by Kawasaki for use on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line and the CT Rail Shore Line East.

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Metro-North Railroad

Metro-North Railroad, trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public authority of the U.S. state of New York. New Canaan Branch and Metro-North Railroad are passenger rail transportation in Connecticut.

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Milestone

A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary.

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Mount Vernon, New York

Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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National Transportation Safety Board

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.

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New Canaan, Connecticut

New Canaan is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.

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New Haven Line

The New Haven Line is a commuter rail line operated by the Metro-North Railroad in the U.S. states of New York and Connecticut. New Canaan Branch and New Haven Line are metro-North Railroad, passenger rail transportation in Connecticut and rail infrastructure in Connecticut.

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New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

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New York and New Haven Railroad

The New York and New Haven Railroad (NY&NH) was a railroad connecting New York City to New Haven, Connecticut, along the shore of Long Island Sound.

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New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, commonly known as The Consolidated, or simply as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated principally in the New England region of the United States from 1872 to December 31, 1968.

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Overhead line

An overhead line or overhead wire is an electrical cable that is used to transmit electrical energy to electric locomotives, electric multiple units, trolleybuses or trams.

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Penn Central Transportation Company

The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976.

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Peter Pan Bus Lines

Peter Pan Bus Lines operates an intercity bus service in the Northeastern United States.

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Railway signal

A railway signal is a visual display device that conveys instructions or provides warning of instructions regarding the driver's authority to proceed.

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Slippery rail

Slippery rail, or low railhead adhesion, is a condition of railways (railroads) where contamination of the railhead reduces the traction between the wheel and the rail.

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Springdale Cemetery station

Springdale Cemetery was a passenger rail station on the New Canaan Branch of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad and later the Penn Central.

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Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, outside of New York City.

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Trade union

A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers.

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Train driver

A train driver is a person who operates a train, railcar, or other rail transport vehicle.

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University of Connecticut

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut.

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Woodway station

Woodway station was a station on the New Canaan Branch of the former New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad and later the Penn Central.

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See also

Metro-North Railroad

Passenger rail transportation in Connecticut

Rail infrastructure in Connecticut

Railway lines opened in 1868

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Canaan_Branch

Also known as New Canaan Branch (Metro-North), New Canaan Line, New Canaan Railroad, Stamford & New Canaan Railroad, Stamford and New Canaan Railroad.