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Posted by
W.B.
on Wed Aug 5 10:49:55 2026
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.)
August 5, 1970 - The Book of First Runs
Staten Island and Manhattan, New York
New York City Transit Authority
Staten Island Bus Division
A new express bus route, R10X North Shore-Manhattan Express, begins service on this date. It runs from Castleton and Jewett Avenues to Broadway and Park Place in lower Manhattan.
(Source: Motor Coach Age, March 1973, article by Bernard Linder.)
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