route between Middletown and Wethersfield, Connecticut, owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation. P&W has rights on the line between Fall River, Massachusetts, and the former Sakonnet River rail bridge in Tiverton, Rhode Island, but does not use them, as the line, owned by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, is out of service. P&W has freight rights on several passenger lines, owned by Amtrak and Metro-North Railroad, meaning it can both serve freight customers and run through trains on them: Amtrak's Northeast Corridor between Providence and New Haven. Metro-North Railroad's Danbury Branch. Metro-North Railroad's Waterbury Branch, from Derby southward. Finally, P&W has overhead trackage rights on several lines, meaning the company may operate trains over them but cannot serve customers on them: The Housatonic Railroad between Derby and Danbury. The Northeast Corridor between New Haven and New Rochelle, then over the Hell Gate Line and the New York Connecting Railroad to Fresh Pond Junction. The Northeast Corridor from Providence to Attleboro, Massachusetts, then the New Bedford Secondary and Fall River Secondary to Fall River. These rights allow access to P&W's operating rights south of Fall River, but are unused, as the tracks south of Fall River are out of service. Former system Several lines acquired from Penn Central or Conrail have been abandoned, including: The Washington Secondary between Washington and Providence. The former Southbridge and Blackstone Railroad between Southbridge and Webster. The former Pawtuxet Valley Railroad between Pontiac and Cranston. A short spur in Valley Falls. The northern portion of the former Moshassuck Valley Railroad in Lincoln. The former Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad from East Providence southward. Freight rights on Aquidneck Island, following the closure of the Sakonnet River rail bridge in 1980. The Providence and Worcester Railroad has been noted for maintaining its tracks to a high standard. Generally, all main lines are maintained to allow a maximum speed of . The concern that G&W might reduce these high maintenance standards was raised by a shipper during G&W's acquisition of P&W. Commodities carried P&W reported carrying 34,402 carloads in 2013. Some significant types of cargo transported by the P&W including construction debris, aggregates, construction materials, lumber, steel, plastics, and chemicals. P&W formerly transported unit trains of coal to several power plants in New England. The trains originated at ports in Providence and New Haven and were handed off to Pan Am Railways for final delivery. By 2016,