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Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos |
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Posted by The I MAN on Sat Jun 26 09:42:32 2010 As promised I rode and recorded the final round trip on my line, the Q-75. This is one of the ten most remote places in the five boroughs that a bus route terminated.  Yes parking will now be allowed here  Is was appropriate that an RTS be the final bus to serve this line. RTS's first came to Queens Village depot in 1983, after the Grumman Flxible debacle and their younger brothers have been there since.  I want that sign  At the 165 Street bus terminal awaiting The final eastbound run.  The operator steps outside during the layover.   Yes, only three passengers aboard the final eastbound run, myself, another operator who was filming the round trip for posterity and a guy who got off at Union Turnpike |
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Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos |
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Posted by Forest Glen on Sat Jun 26 09:47:09 2010, in response to Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos, posted by The I MAN on Sat Jun 26 09:42:32 2010. The Q75 had decent ridership during rush hour, but it was underutilized during middays and evenings. |
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Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos |
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Posted by The I MAN on Sat Jun 26 10:03:33 2010, in response to Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos, posted by Forest Glen on Sat Jun 26 09:47:09 2010. They could have kept the line open during rush hours and even cut it back to its old terminal at 179 Street Station. |
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| (199814) | |
Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Jun 26 16:26:44 2010, in response to Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos, posted by The I MAN on Sat Jun 26 10:03:33 2010. The only way that route could have been saved was an extension to Jamaica Center and Queensboro Community College. |
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| (199816) | |
Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Sat Jun 26 17:19:14 2010, in response to Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos, posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Jun 26 16:26:44 2010. The only way that route could have been saved was an extension to Jamaica Center and Queensboro Community College.There's that and also the fact that wrong route was eliminated in those neighborhoods - it should have been the QM1/A. It's a lot cheaper to have people use the Q30/46/75/88 than it is to run over 260 express trips per day. |
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| (199819) | |
Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos |
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Posted by Triangle Junction on Sat Jun 26 18:09:30 2010, in response to Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos, posted by The I MAN on Sat Jun 26 09:42:32 2010. What are the other remote NYC bus stops? |
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| (199828) | |
Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos |
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Posted by Manwithaplan on Sat Jun 26 20:00:27 2010, in response to Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos, posted by The I MAN on Sat Jun 26 09:42:32 2010. The Q-75 started service by the Board of Transportation on April 28th, 1952, which originally ran from 175th Street-Hillside Avenueto 67th Avenue-230th Street via Hillside Avenue, 188th Street, and 73rd Avenue. And BTW, I like that sign too! MWAP |
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Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos |
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Posted by The I MAN on Sun Jun 27 12:19:56 2010, in response to Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos, posted by Triangle Junction on Sat Jun 26 18:09:30 2010. Lets see:1- Travis, Staten Island- S62-92 2- The Cloisters- Manhattan- M-4 3- The top of Grymes Hill- Staten Island- S-60(Another route takes over on Monday) 4- Howland Hook Container Terminal- Staten Island S-40, S-90 5- Hunts Point Meat Market, Bronx- BX-6 6- Brooklyn Development Center- Brooklyn- B-13 7- Van Bunt Street/Beard Street- Brooklyn B-61 8- Coffey/Van Brunt Street- Brooklyn- B-77 9- Canarsie Pier- Brooklyn- B-42 10- Fort Totten- Queens- Q-13 and Q-16 And a few others |
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| (199917) | |
Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos |
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Posted by DaRidgewoodBusBuff on Sun Jun 27 19:57:38 2010, in response to Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos, posted by The I MAN on Sun Jun 27 12:19:56 2010. Q35- Floyd Bennett Field. Barely anyone walking around that spot. |
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| (199940) | |
Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos |
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Posted by The I MAN on Sun Jun 27 22:20:13 2010, in response to Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos, posted by Manwithaplan on Sat Jun 26 20:00:27 2010. I pulled out the April/May issue of Motor Coach Age and the issue was about City bus routes in Queens. The writer was Bernard Linder, current editor of the New York Division Bulletin and noted transit historian. The opening of the line was indeed on April 28, 1952. Sorry for the error. I had assumed that the line opened the day after the IND Queens line was extended to 179 Street on Sunday December 10, 1950. |
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Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos |
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Posted by hound on Mon Jun 28 02:00:47 2010, in response to Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos, posted by The I MAN on Sun Jun 27 12:19:56 2010. How about Mill Rd. & Delwit Ave-Staten Is.-S76? |
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Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos |
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Posted by hound on Mon Jun 28 02:04:59 2010, in response to Re: Q-75 12/11/50 to 6/25/10 RIP Photos, posted by The I MAN on Sun Jun 27 12:19:56 2010. How about Meeker Ave-Gardner Ave-Brooklyn-B48? |
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