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U University Avenue Line: Washington Heights, Manhattan: Kingsbridge: 181st Street, University Avenue, and Kingsbridge Road October 25, 1947 now the Bx3 (formerly Bx38) bus V Sound View Avenue Line: Hunts Point: Clasons Point: Westchester Avenue and Sound View Avenue March 8, 1947 now the Bx27 bus V Williamsbridge Line: East Tremont: Wakefield ...
By 1948, all streetcar lines in Manhattan and The Bronx were converted to bus operation. The lines in Westchester County continued to operate, until the Yonkers city lines were shut down in 1952. Third Avenue Railway was purchased by New York City Omnibus Corporation in 1956, and transferred the remaining transit operating franchises to ...
In 1899, the line was extended from Southern Boulevard to Hugh Grant Circle in Unionport. [3] On July 10, 1948, the streetcars were replaced by the Bx42 bus, which followed the same routing as the streetcar. [4] On February 19, 1984, the Bronx bus system was revamped, and the Bx42 was renamed to the Bx4. [5]
New York City Union Railway Company c 1894 Union Railway Power House (top) and Trolley Station (bottom). The Union Railway Company of New York City (often shortened to Union Railway) was chartered in 1892, and consolidated several streetcar transit franchises across Manhattan and The Bronx in New York City in the late 19th century.
Pages in category "Streetcar lines in the Bronx" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Streetcars found steam power impractical, and more often progressed directly from horse power to electricity. Suburban electrification involved true trolley cars, but the required overhead wires were forbidden in New York (Manhattan). Traffic congestion and the high cost of conduit current collection impeded streetcar development there.
The Bx35 replaced 167th Street Crosstown Line streetcars on July 10, 1948, albeit slightly truncated to Westchester Avenue-East 167th Street. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Residents of a nearby building protested having the route use Bryant Avenue (as 167th Street is one-way westbound between Bryant and Westchester Avenues) and believed the diesel fumes would ...
The New York City Interborough Railway was a streetcar transit system chartered in 1902 to construct feeder lines to serve Interborough Rapid Transit's subway and elevated stations in the Bronx. [1] The streetcar lines were given permission to cross the Harlem River to gain access to the Manhattan lines. The railway opened for business in 1906 ...