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W.B.'s Bus Almanac for August 5th

Posted by W.B. on Thu Aug 5 11:58:03 2021


August 5, 1935 - The Book of First Runs

Manhattan, New York
Fifth Avenue Coach Company

Fifth Avenue Coach puts into service 20 new Yellow Truck & Coach model 718 single-deck buses with 40-seat capacity. The new coaches are assigned to the company's two crosstown routes, 6 - 72nd Street (from York Avenue to Central Park West via Fifth Avenue, 57th Street and Broadway) and 20 - 57th Street (which at this point only runs from Sutton Place to Eighth Avenue - it isn't until 1937 that the route is extended further west to 55th Street and 12th Avenue), of which they will be a mainstay for the next several years.

(Source: "20 New Buses to Serve Crosstown Routes, Comfort Stressed in Streamlined Coaches." The New York Times, August 5, 1935.)


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