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New York City Transit Authority: Garage: Manhattanville Depot (M5) Michael J. Quill Depot (M55) Vehicle: Orion VII NG HEV (M5 only) New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40 (M5 only) Nova Bus LFS HEV New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 (M55 only) New Flyer Xcelsior XE40 (M55 only) Began service: 1864 (train) 1893 (streetcar) 1936 (M5 bus) 2017 (M55 bus) Route; Locale ...
In the New York City Subway there are three types of terminal stations: Station where a train proceeds beyond the station, like at a non-terminal station, and returns to service on another track. Station with one or more tracks, often with bumper blocks at their end.
The current R service is the successor to the original route 2 of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation. [5] [6] When 2 service began on January 15, 1916, it ran between Chambers Street on the BMT Nassau Street Line and 86th Street on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, using the Manhattan Bridge to cross the East River, and running via Fourth Avenue local. [7]
A 2012 XD60 (4713) on the Downtown Brooklyn-bound B38 in May 2023. The B38 bus route begins at a loop around Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn.It heads east on Fulton Street, splitting onto DeKalb Avenue (westbound) and Lafayette Avenue (eastbound).
The B103 constitutes a bus route in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Originally operated by Command Bus Company, the bus route is now operated by MTA Bus Company, running between Downtown Brooklyn and Canarsie.
In 1966, the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) called a strike action in New York City after the expiration of their contract with the New York City Transit Authority (TA). It was the first strike against the TA; pre-TWU transit strikes in 1905, 1910, 1916, and 1919 against the then-private transit ...
New York City is home to many bridges and tunnels. Several agencies manage this network of crossings. The New York City Department of Transportation owns and operates almost 800. [1] The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York State Department of Transportation and Amtrak have many others.
Plans for a crosstown subway line were floated as early as 1912. [4] [5] In 1923, a plan for such a line, to be operated by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) from the Queensboro Bridge under Jackson Avenue, Manhattan Avenue, Roebling Street, Bedford Avenue, and Hancock Street to Franklin Avenue at the north end of the BMT Franklin Avenue Line, [6] was adopted by the city. [7]