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Posted by W.B. on Mon Mar 25 05:40:11 2019 March 25, 1936 - The Book of First and Last Runs Manhattan, New York New York Railways Corporation New York City Omnibus Corporation Buses replace streetcars on the Lexington Avenue and Lexington & Lenox Avenues lines. The trolleys had been run by New York Railways. Streetcar service had begun on the avenue on April 1, 1895 in horse-drawn form, converted to cable cars on October 7 of that year; the route was electrified on May 5, 1901. The replacement bus service will be operated by New York City Omnibus as Routes 3 and 4, respectively. This completes the motorization of all longitudinal (north-south) routes of the New York Railways streetcar network. All remaining "rails to rubber" conversions over the next few months will be of their crosstown (east-west) routes. (Sources: "Lexington Av. Gets Buses Wednesday," The New York Times, March 22, 1936; "Lexington Av. Bids Adieu to Trolleys," The New York Times, March 26, 1936; "New York City Omnibus Corporation," Motor Coach Age, February 1969.) |
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