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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:15 pm Post subject: Buses in Westchester, post-1937 NYW&B abandonment |
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Curious...........
In December, 1937, the big green MUs of the opulent, grandoise (but cash-strapped) NYW&B made their last runs from Westchester down to the Bronx.
I've always wondered what buses then operated in the areas formerly served by the NYW&B's trains; did any buses connect to any other commuter station (NH/NYC?)
I've seen photos of TARS streetcars passing NYW&B stations, and wonder what bus routes replaced the streetcars when these lines were motorized.
Would any of these bus lines later become "BEE LINE" routes?
Appreciate any info......
"NYO"
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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Speaking of the long-defunct (and largely forgotten) NYW&B Ry, here is an excellent historical site...........
www.nywbry.com
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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A few long-defunct operators........
WEST FORDHAM TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION
WHITE PLAINS BUS COMPANY
WHITE PLAINS & PLEASANTVILLE BUS LINES
WESTCHESTER COACH COMPANY
LINCOLN COACH COMPANY
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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There is also a photo at "NewDavesRailpix" from the 1930s, showing two 700-series TARS cars operating on Route "P", passing by the NYW&B's Webster Avenue station on the Port Chester branch.
At this location, the station house was at street level, and the electric trains ran in a cut below...............
"NYO"
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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Here's an interesting photo from 1981; here we have a MABSTOA Fishbowl (on the "Bx34") running past the former NYW&B Hunts Point station house (the older gabled building housing shops on the right)
Though Metro North's New Haven line tracks still pass beneath the former NYW&B station buil;ding, the old stairways and platforms no longer exist, and have been gone for many long decades...........
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155724
(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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