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Posted by
W.B.
on Wed Jan 21 02:56:55 2026
January 20, 1964 - The Book of First Runs and Route Service Changes
The Bronx, New York
Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Authority
(Surface Transit Division)
Service begins on this date on two spin-off routes, Bx-5A - Story Avenue and Bx-15B - Baychester Avenue (both of which are assigned out of Coliseum depot). The former will be renumbered Bx54, and the latter as the second Bx19, on July 1, 1974.
In addition, the Bx-5 - Bruckner Boulevard line is re-routed via Pugsley Avenue, Story Avenue, Bronx River Avenue, Bruckner Boulevard and Westchester Avenue to Fox Street.
(Source: "Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority: The First Ten Years" by Bernard Linder. Motor Coach Age, May 1972.)
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