The Norwich and Worcester Railroad was an 1837 consolidation of the Boston, Norwich and New London Railroad Company of Connecticut and the Worcester and Norwich Railroad Company of Massachusetts when both state legislatures passed acts allowing the merger.
Neither of these companies had built any railroad but the new one proceeded to build one from Norwich, Connecticut (later New London) north to Worcester, Massachusetts, including the Taft Tunnel at Lisbon, CT.
The Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad leased it in 1869, and the lease continued through the reorganizations.
Connections were provided with the Providence line at Plainfield and the Boston line between Putnam and Mechanicsville.
In 1886 the New England Railroad company renewed the lease.
that it acquired from the Boston, Hartford, and Erie.

Until 1955 the line served as the basis for Boston-bypassing run-through train, the East Wind from New York to Bangor, Maine, via the Norwich and Worcester line.
The Norwich and Worcester Railroad was an 1837 consolidation of the Boston, Norwich and New London Railroad Company of Connecticut and the Worcester and Norwich Railroad Company of Massachusetts when both state legislatures passed acts allowing the merger. Neither of these companies had built any railroad but the new one proceeded to build one from Norwich, Connecticut (later New London) north to Worcester, Massachusetts, including the Taft Tunnel at Lisbon, CT. The Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad leased it in 1869, and the lease continued through the reorganizations. Connections were provided with the Providence line at Plainfield and the Boston line between Putnam and Mechanicsville. In 1886 the New England Railroad company renewed the lease. that it acquired from the Boston, Hartford, and Erie.
Until 1955 the line served as the basis for Boston-bypassing run-through train, the East Wind from New York to Bangor, Maine, via the Norwich and Worcester line.
New York and New England Railroad