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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 ...
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]
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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 ...
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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 Bx36 replaced 180th Street Crosstown Line streetcars on October 25, 1947. Its original south-eastern terminus was at Bruckner Boulevard-Zerega Avenue via Cross Bronx Expressway, running all times except nights until February 1984.
Replaced Bronx and Van Cortlandt Parks Crosstown Line streetcars on January 24, 1948; formerly Bx20. Late night service originally ran between Riverdale and Fordham Plaza until September 1990, when late night service started running the entire route.