Providence and Worcester
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| Reporting mark | PW, PWRZ |
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| Locale | Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island; New York City and Long Island via trackage rights |
| Dates of operation | 1847 – 1892 1973– |
| Headquarters | Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Website | www |
The Providence and Worcester Railroad (reporting mark PW) (NASDAQ: PWX) is a Class III railroad owned by Genesee & Wyoming. The railroad connects from Gardner in central Massachusetts, south through its namesake cities of Worcester and Providence, Rhode Island, and west from Rhode Island through Connecticut and into New York City. The railroad's connection between New Haven, Connecticut through New York City to Long Island is via trackage rights over the Hell Gate Bridge.
In addition to the original main line between Providence and Worcester, and the East Providence Branch, the P&W owns or provides freight service on the following lines, identified by their original companies:
P&W operates over the following lines with overhead trackage rights, meaning it cannot serve on-line customers:
The P&W operates occasional passenger excursions on its own lines and sometimes over the Amtrak Northeast Corridor. It owns several ex-Amtrak passenger cars for that purpose.
The P&W was incorporated in Massachusetts as the Providence and Worcester Railway on March 12, 1844, and as the Providence and Worcester Railroad in Rhode Island in May 1844. The two companies were merged November 25, 1845 as the Providence and Worcester Railroad. The company bought the Blackstone Canal, also running between Providence and Worcester, and began construction, partly on its banks, in 1845.
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