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Drogin Bus Co.; 55, 99, 99S |
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Posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Mon Jul 23 18:43:31 2007 Can anyone tell me the history of Drogin Bus Co and the above named routes? |
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Re: Drogin Bus Co.; 55, 99, 99S |
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Posted by busdude2 on Mon Jul 23 18:52:13 2007, in response to Drogin Bus Co.; 55, 99, 99S, posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Mon Jul 23 18:43:31 2007. Well drogin ran buses on the south hudson boulevard line the 10 route. Also the 55 along the south blvd into nyc. The 99 and 99s was really run by Red and Tan not Drogin. |
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Re: Drogin Bus Co.; 55, 99, 99S |
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Posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Mon Jul 23 19:25:41 2007, in response to Re: Drogin Bus Co.; 55, 99, 99S, posted by busdude2 on Mon Jul 23 18:52:13 2007. Can I still have info on the routes anyway? Thank You. |
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Re: Drogin Bus Co.; 55, 99, 99S |
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Posted by FDNY on Mon Jul 23 20:29:47 2007, in response to Re: Drogin Bus Co.; 55, 99, 99S, posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Mon Jul 23 19:25:41 2007. please add me ,,to that,,,will help me ,,with my project on the NJ Indendant operators and the Red and Tan,,etc\ steve |
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Re: Drogin Bus Co.; 55, 99, 99S |
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Posted by trnsper on Mon Jul 23 21:29:19 2007, in response to Drogin Bus Co.; 55, 99, 99S, posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Mon Jul 23 18:43:31 2007. South Hudson Boulevard was a unique combination of an independent bus owners association (now Route 10) and a separate bus company. Boulevard Transit Lines dated back to the 1930s and was owned by the Drogin family until they went out of business in the 1990s. Boulevard Transit operated the 55 line between Staten Island (Port Richmond) and the Port Authority Terminal via South Hudson Boulevard and then the Holland Tunnel.Drogin was a large participant in the South Hudson County Boulevard Independent Bus Owners Assoiciation and eventually owned nearly all of the buses on its route, which became today's #10 Bayonne-Journal Sqaure. Drogin purchased the 99 and 99S from the pre-Coach USA Red and Tan Lines in the 1980s. They also started the 144 line and I believe the 122 line between Staten Island and Jersey City. It all ended suddenly in, I believe, the late 1990s or early in 2000-2001 when Drogin suddenly went out of business and Coach USA/Red and Tan took over. The rest has been a long decline under Coach USA. |
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Re: Drogin Bus Co.; 55, 99, 99S |
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Posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Mon Jul 23 21:44:05 2007, in response to Re: Drogin Bus Co.; 55, 99, 99S, posted by trnsper on Mon Jul 23 21:29:19 2007. I was told the "S" in "99S" stood for "Staten Island." What's that about?And uh... would you by any chance have pics of Drogin's buses |
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Re: Drogin Bus Co.; 55, 99, 99S |
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Posted by JAzumah on Mon Jul 23 21:47:33 2007, in response to Re: Drogin Bus Co.; 55, 99, 99S, posted by trnsper on Mon Jul 23 21:29:19 2007. Someone is still running a 55 variant according to the NYMTC data. There is a bus running through the Holland Tunnel to the PABT that averages 20 passengers in each direction. According to a 144 old timer, the 55 used to run 1-2 trips per day. |
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Re: Drogin Bus Co.; 55, 99, 99S |
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Posted by E Line Fan on Mon Jul 23 23:59:06 2007, in response to Re: Drogin Bus Co.; 55, 99, 99S, posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Mon Jul 23 21:44:05 2007. At one time, the 99S not only ran to Staten Island, it ran through Staten Island and back to New Jersey ending in Keansburg then was shortened to just Staten Island. |
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