TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK CITY (MANHATTAN)


NEW YORK CITY-MANHATTAN/HISTORIC DETAIL

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Manhattan (New York Railways)

Horse Car
1852-1893 - several companies
1893-1911 - Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
1895-1917 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1893-1901 - operated cable cars

1911-1925 - New York Railways
1925-1936 - New York Railways (Fifth Avenue Coach Co.)
1936 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by affiliated company

1936-1956 - New York City Omnibus Co. (Fifth Avenue Coach Co.)
1956-1962 - Fifth Avenue Coach Co.
1962-present - Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority

Manhattan (Second Avenue Railroad)

Horse Car
1854-1898 - Second Avenue Railroad
1898-1908 - Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
1898 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1908-1933 - Second Avenue Railroad
1933 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by new company

1933-1948 - East Side Omnibus Co.
1948-1953 - New York City Board Of Transportation
1953-present - New York City Transit Authority

Manhattan (Third Avenue Railway)

Horse Car
1858-1910 - Third Avenue Railroad Co.
1899-1900 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1885-1900 - operated cable cars

1910-1947 - Third Avenue Railway Co.
1941 - buses introduced by affiliated company Surface Transportation Corp.
1947 - streetcars discontinued

1941-1956 - Surface Transportation Corp. (Third Avenue Railway Co.)
1956-1962 - Fifth Avenue Coach Co.
1962-present - Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority

Manhattan (New York & Harlem Railroad)

Horse Car
1832-1896 - New York & Harlem Railroad
1896-1911 - Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
1897 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1911-1920 - New York Railways
1920-1932 - New York & Harlem Railroad
1932-1936 - New York Railways (Fifth Avenue Coach Co.)
1936 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by affiliated company

1936-1956 - Madison Avenue Coach Co. (Fifth Avenue Coach Co.)
1956-1962 - Fifth Avenue Coach Co.
1962-present - Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority

Manhattan (Fifth Avenue Coach)

1896-1962 - Fifth Avenue Coach Co.
1962-present - Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority

Manhattan (Eighth & Ninth Avenues Railway)

Horse Car
1852-1893 - Eighth Avenue Railroad
1859-1893 - Ninth Avenue Railroad

1893-1911 - Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
1898 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars (Eighth Avenue)
1900's - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars (Ninth Avenue)

1911-1919 - New York Railways
1919-1926 - Eighth Avenue Railroad
1919-1926 - Ninth Avenue Railroad

1926-1936 - Eighth & Ninth Avenues Railway Co.
1936 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by new company

1936-1956 - Eighth Avenue Coach Co. (Fifth Avenue Coach Co.)
1956-1962 - Fifth Avenue Coach Co.
1962-present - Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority

Manhattan (Dry Dock/East Broadway)

Horse Car
1863-1932 - Dry Dock East Broadway & Battery Railroad
1906 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1932 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by new company

1932-1980 - Avenue B & East Broadway Transit Co.
1980-present - New York City Transit Authority

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1968)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority


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