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Posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Mon Aug 26 08:41:00 2013, in response to Re: Essex- Before the IND, posted by Edwards! on Mon Aug 26 01:22:26 2013. You mean ONE of their terminals - they also had one at 50th and Broadway. This was a legacy of Greyhound, in the beginning, not being a monolithic corporate entity, but a conglomeration of several loosely connected companies. The 34th st terminal was known as Pennsylvania Greyhound, and 50th st, Capitol Greyhound. The PRR had quite a large stake in a couple of Greyhound components - which was quite the standard practice for railroads in those days. A lot of the old Trailways/Continental Trailways routes in the West, were formerly owned by the Santa Fe or UP.The reason they BUILT the PABT, is because their were literally a dozen different bus stations in the Times Square/42 st area - with the resultant quagmire of buses clogging up traffic, spewing diesel fumes, you name it. As late as 1961, Greyhound STILL operated out of their two separate terminals. The city almost literally had to put their coconuts in a vise to get the Hound to move off the city streets. |
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