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Here's another interesting article on the Dixie Terminal; this one features a few historic photos of the long ago days when it was a bustling transit hub.......

https://nkytribune.com/2016/07/our-rich-history-1960s-dixie-terminal-cincinnati-and-fond-memories-of-taking-green-line-downtown/

["GMC"]

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In comparison to the Dixie Terminal, here we have a rare view of the PS Terminal at Newark, nearing completion in 1916.

(like the Dixie Terminal, the PS Terminal was also a "loop" facility)

When it opened, the massive terminal served only streetcars; by the later 1920s, buses also began serving the terminal.

After 1938, only buses and ASVs served the facility.

The dual-powered ASVs were replaced with diesel buses in 1948; buses continued to use the upper level of the Terminal until the early 1970s, using the elevated approaches (the lower level was closed sometime in the late 1960s)..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?117034

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

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The now-demolished Transbay Terminal in San Francisco was also an elevated "loop" terminal.

This busy terminal was built (opened 1939) to serve the electric interurban trains of the Key System's then-new Bridge Railway, as well as the train of the IER and SN.

After 1941, only the Key's orange trains remained; these trains themselves were replaced by buses in 1958.

GREYHOUND also once called here.........

https://collection.sfomuseum.org/objects/1511946159

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Transbay_Terminal

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A few memories..........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?16147

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156810

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156812

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

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An interesting page with an excellent collection of historic photos (Transbay Terminal)..........

https://www.foundsf.org/Transbay_Terminal

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Here is the former Transbay Terminal's INSANELY BIZARRE replacement......'no further comment (note hideous construction photo from 2017).........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesforce_Transit_Center

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Another interesting article, featuring several historic photos........

https://www.sfmta.com/blog/tales-old-transbay-terminal

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"Run through" terminals (with their pros and cons) were an "alternate" to "loop" terminals.

In this classic c.1970s scene (no location given) we see a group of several sparkling EAGLES awaiting departure time (this photo makes me think of a TRAILWAYS museum!

Note old and new paint schemes on display, here........

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/544161567479810928/

["MEMPHIS"]

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Curbside..................

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/429390145715924518/

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Trailways depot at Fort Worth, c.1960s.........

https://www.cardcow.com/357603/fort-worth-continental-trailways-bus-station/

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