User:Cobriskie/New York and Putnam Railroad

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The New York & Boston Railroad (NY&B) was chartered on May 21, 1869 to build a line from Highbridge on the Harlem River in New York northeast to Brewster. At Brewster connections were to be provided to the New York & Harlem Railroad for travel north to Albany, and to the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad to Boston. The railway would see several name changes and reorganizations before construction commenced.

The line lacked a direct connection to NYC's flagship station, Grand Central Terminal (GCT), '''which hurt ridership throughout its existence. Workweek commuters and weekend tourists were forced to transfer at Highbridge to reach GCT.''' The Sedgwick Avenue-Van Cortlandt section and the Yonkers Branch were electrified in 1926.