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The modern, dual-powered articulated trolley buses in use on Boston's SILVER LINE are descendents of PSNJ's gas-electric ASV's......

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?37341

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?37347

(courtesy nycsubway.org)

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Two views (1970 and 2003) of the underground Harvard Square trolley bus platform; these scenes are reminiscent of the days when PSNJ ASV's utilized the Cedar St. Subway in Newark to reach the lower level of the PS terminal.......

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?127176

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?109767

(courtesy nycsubway.org)

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The ASV concept overseas......

http://www.chinabuses.org/spotlight/Youngman2012/

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Also of interest:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-mode_bus

[traildriver]

[traildriver]

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traildriver:

Yes, I have several old MARTZ timetables (1950's/early 60's) that list the PS terminal as a stop; a 1959 TT also lists the PS terminal at Journal Square, Jersey City, as a stop)

The older ones list the PSNJ terminal at Newark as a MARTZ stop; the newest one I have listing Newark (1979), has 1171 Raymond Boulevard as the stop.


Recall, too, long ago, MARTZ also served such far-flung cities as Buffalo, Detroit, and Chicago.

By this late date, the old PS terminal was on its way into oblivion; in fact, a few OOS City Subway PCC cars, stored in the old Cedar St. connector, were badly damaged when demolition crews broke through the tunnel roof.

The cars, unfortunately, were scrapped on the spot.

About this time, ASV service in Newark was just a distant memory, with the dual-powered buses being gone then for about 30 years.....

"NYO"

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Here's a mid-1950's view of another PSNJ facilty that is long gone, and another I remember from when I was quite young.

This was PS's Exchange Place terminal (Jersey City); trolleys served this long-established terminal until 1949; at the time of this photo, the PRR's old Exchange Place ferry terminal (itself gone since the 1960's) was located just across the street.

Ferry service to Cortlandt St., Manhattan ended in December of 1949; the last trains departed in November of 1961.

The PS bus on the right is signed for the #14, yet another of PS's routes that connected to Newark.

The #16, at center, was an old line I knew well growing up; it (like the long-gone #17, which terminated at the DL&W/E-L terminal in Hoboken) stopped just up the block from our old apartment in Union City, back in the 60's.

Indeed.....it was another time.....another place.....another world....all that is left are photos and memories.....

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?4233

(courtesy bus.nycsubway.org)

[traildriver]

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traildriver:

By the late 60's/early 70's, in the years following the violent Newark riots, a number of bus lines/routes began to be cut, as many former riders no longer opted for dowtown Newark for shopping, theatre, etc.

DE CAMP found that, by this time, Newark had been virtually eliminated as a destination for office workers, shoppers, and theatre-goers.

Accordingly, Routes #145 and #146 were reduced to operating at two-hour intervals, except during rush hours.

SOMERSET, also, had routes that started/terminated in downtown Newark; they, too, saw the handwriting on the wall.

With the PS terminal closed to all buses, all runs originated/terminated at Penn Station (back in the 70's, there were still old stairways at each platform, leading to sealed-off doors, which, in turn, led to a passageway that connected the main area of Penn Station to the PS bus lanes)

TRACKLESS TRANSIT's old #144 (MOUNTAIN COACHES) also called here (I used this line twice daily during my senior year of high school, 1974/1975, as part of my commute)

So much has changed.......

"NYO"