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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Fri Sep 21 11:12:10 2018 Tuscarora Almanac – September 21, 1919 – The Book of First and Last Runs Manhattan, New York New York Railways Service comes to an end on four crosstown trolley lines operated by New York Railways; No. 1 Avenue C, No. 11 Sixth Avenue – Ferry, No. 12 Madison & Chambers Streets and No. 14 Spring & Delancey Street. Bus service begins on the same day Here is the full story. New York Railways which was in bankruptcy received permission to discontinue four low ridership storage battery lines. Mayor Hylan instructed the Department of Plants and Structures (which also controlled the city’s bridges and ferries) to issue permits to independent bus operators on routes authorized by the city. Permits were issued for three of the four routes: No. 1 Madison & Chambers Streets, No. 2 Spring & Delancey Streets and No. 3 Avenue C. Bus service began on Sunday, September 21, 1919, the same day that the streetcar service ended. This event marks the beginning of the city operated bus system that we have today. DP&S Route 1 Madison & Chambers Street Crosstown eventually became the M-1 and in 1974 was re-numbered to M-22. This route is still in service (2016). DP&S Route 2 Spring & Delancey Streets was designated Route 12 in 1936 and M-12 in 1974. It was discontinued on October 26, 1979. DP&S Route 3 Avenue C is better described as the Houston Street – Avenue C Crosstown. It became the M-10 in 1929 when the Hamilton Bus Corporation took over its operation. It became Route 21 in 1940 when New York City Omnibus replaced Hamilton. Probably in 1974 in became known as the M-21. Effective on June 27, 2010 it was split into two separate routes. The M-9 Avenue C bus runs between 29th Street and City Hall via Avenue C, Essex Street and Park Row. The M-21 Houston Street Crosstown runs between Washington Street and the FDR Drive. Note 1: New York Railways cars did not carry route numbers. They did show the numbers on paper transfers and these are the ones that I have used. Note 2: The routes authorized by the DP&S were assigned numbers in the order of creation regardless of where the buses operated. They were not carried on the buses. Later when the Board of Transportation took over this function they began the use of borough prefixes. Sources: 1) “Old New York”, Motor Coach Age January – June 2013, article by Mr. Eli Bail. 2) New York Division Bulletin / various issues, article by Mr. Bernard Linder 3) “From a Nickel to a Token” (Fordham University Press /2015) by Mr. Andrew J. Sparberg 4) My collections of Manhattan Bus Maps. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by W.B. on Fri Sep 21 11:50:18 2018, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for September 21, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Fri Sep 21 11:12:10 2018. Re. the Avenue C-Desbrosses Street Ferry route (as it was known then), Hamilton was replaced as operator sometime between 1933 and 1935 by affiliated entity Triangle Bus Corporation; it was Triangle whom NYC Omnibus replaced in 1940, at which point it was essentially combined with another Triangle route, M-40 - South Street, to create Rt. 21; in so doing, part of the latter route which went to South Ferry was abandoned. (The 22 - Pitt and Ridge Streets line which NYC Omnibus also started up in 1940, bore a franchise number of M-45 as which it had been held by Triangle but may not have been started under their aegis as such. At the time of the 1962 strike against Fifth Avenue Coach Lines and Surface Transit and the City's revocation of those franchises, The New York Times listed the Rt. 21 franchise as 'M-40 - Houston Street, Avenue C' which suggests this to have been a mashup of that and M-10. One of these days I shall provide a list of Manhattan franchise numbers as I have researched them.)Green Bus Lines had taken over M-1 Madison-Chambers and M-2 Spring-Delancey in 1933, and while the latter went to NYCO in 1936, the former wound up in the hands of Comprehensive Omnibus in 1935 - the same firm which, along with East Side Omnibus, later sold their routes to the Board of Transportation in 1948. Also, the 'M' prefices began showing up on former FACCo and NYCO routes (including M12 and M21) around January 1973 - the point at which MaBSTOA's allotment of T6H-5309A's and 5310A's began hitting the road. Front and side roll signs tell that tale. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Sat Sep 22 00:22:56 2018, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for September 21, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Fri Sep 21 11:12:10 2018. The M22 route is still in service, and will only get cancelled over the dead bodies of the residents of the Lower East Side. Not even the destruction of part of its Vesey St route by 9/11 could stop it.I barely remember when it was the M1, and at the time, I didn't totally understand why it became the M22. |
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