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Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020 This is just a look back at some of the bus companies that I have used over the years. A few of them are still in service. What are your favorites? I have left out a lot of the more recent lines. Surface Transportation Corporation Surface Transit, Inc Fifth Avenue Coach Company Fifth Avenue Coach Lines New York City Omnibus Company Jamaica Buses, Inc Green Bus Lines Triboro Coach Company New York Bus Service Queens Transit Corporation Queens Surface Corporation Greyhound Bus Lines Continental Trailways Connecticut Transit A Bosch & Sons (Highland Falls, NY) Mohawk Coach Line Storm King Stage Lines Public Service Coordinated Transit New Orleans Public Service San Antonio Transit Municipal Transit Lines (Biloxi, MS) United States Air Force London Transport Executive / Central Buses Eastern National Omnibus Company (England) Crossville Motor Service Limited (Wales) Compania Metropolitano de Madrid (Spain) Newburgh-Beacon Bus Company Cornwall (NY) Bus Company Steinway Transit Corporation Club Transportation Company Westchester Street Transportation Company Larry, RedbirdR33
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by hound* on Sun Jun 7 12:58:29 2020, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* How about Avenue B?
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by IRTRedbirdR33* on Sun Jun 7 13:35:49 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by hound on Sun Jun 7 12:58:29 2020.* I never rode it. Larry, RedbirdR33
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Posted by Caine515* on Sun Jun 7 15:38:41 2020, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* I grew up with Pioneer bus(then Command),Triboro,Green,Queens Surface, Jamaica Bus lines, Liberty Lines and New York Bus Service.my dad did take me on the old Ave B and Easy Broadway M9 line.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by Joe* on Sun Jun 7 15:58:22 2020, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* Berkshire Street Railway (Canaan to Pittsfield) Twilight Coach, Poughkeepsie to Red Hook (Unknown name) the bus that brought you from the Beacon station to the Mount Beacon Incline. Utility Bus, from Freeport to Patchogue.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by Catfish 44* on Sun Jun 7 16:08:30 2020, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* Green Lines were my home line. Loved the old new looks I rode to HS.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1)
Posted by New Flyer #857* on Sun Jun 7 16:48:56 2020, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* Not from your list, but I would have liked to experience Metro Apple Express (MAX). Can anyone help me with its turn-by-turn routings? The routes were BM10, BM11, BM12, and BM15. Wikipedia vaguely mentions a QBM1 and QBM2. The QBM1 seems fascinating, starting deep within Breezy Point. How did it go through Brooklyn, if anyone knows? (Plus, how many runs per day and what years did it run?) Were any questions asked of people riding southbound to Breezy, given the neighborhood's relative exclusivity?
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1)
Posted by Catfish 44* on Sun Jun 7 17:43:40 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1), posted by New Flyer #857 on Sun Jun 7 16:48:56 2020.* There shouldn’t be any need to question someone going into breezy point.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by northshore* on Sun Jun 7 18:02:58 2020, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* Fifth Avenue Coach (Company and Lines) are the crown jewel of bus transportation
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by DieselBusFan* on Sun Jun 7 18:28:18 2020, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* Remember Inter-City in NJ? 'The Brown Bus with the Orange Band.' Inter-City had a fair number of White buses as did Red & Tan.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by Westcode44* on Sun Jun 7 18:37:28 2020, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* Fort Gordon Bus Company which was STILL operating old look GM buses while I was stationed there(1978). WE-44
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by IRTRedbirdR33* on Sun Jun 7 19:03:12 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by Joe on Sun Jun 7 15:58:22 2020.* (Unknown name) the bus that brought you from the Beacon station to the Mount Beacon Incline. Joe: I am pretty sure that was the Newburgh-Beacon Bus Company. Larry, RedbirdR33
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by BrooklynBus* on Sun Jun 7 19:33:14 2020, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* When I was a kid I remember buses with the words Bronx Surface Transit. Were they part of Surface Transit?
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Posted by kcram3500* on Sun Jun 7 19:54:13 2020, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* Dad and two uncles drove for Public Service Coordinated Transport... it's what Dad was doing when I was born, so I was around buses literally from day one. Dad worked from Lake Street Garage (closed and demolished by NJT), his brother Donny worked at Miller Street Garage (now the Newark Public Works garage), and his brother-in-law Lee drove out of Orange Garage. Dad drove until 1967... newest buses he piloted were the 1966 X300s (GMC TDH-5304). Donny became a road supervisor in the 70s, then a garage shift supervisor. Lee drove until 1978 and once those 8V71 Flxibles arrived in 1976, you couldn't pay him enough to take out a 6V71 GMC.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by Joe* on Sun Jun 7 22:44:24 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 19:03:12 2020.* Thank you. I vaguely recall a fare with a small token, 1948 or so. Joe
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by r17-6599* on Mon Jun 8 00:30:12 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Jun 7 19:33:14 2020.* Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by Asgard* on Mon Jun 8 00:33:53 2020, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* I've ridden: Surface Transportation/Surface Transit Fifth Avenue Coach Company/Coach Lines New York City Omnibus West Fordham Public Service Orange and Black Red and Tan Club Transportation Westchester Street Transportation Yonkers Railroad/Yonkers Transit Mohawk Short Line Adirondack Trailways/Adirondack Transit New York Bus Service Liberty (Coaches? Transit? from Fordham Road to Tarrytown)
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by randyo* on Mon Jun 8 01:30:46 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by DieselBusFan on Sun Jun 7 18:28:18 2020.* They also had a fair number of ACF/Brills.
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Posted by Euclid Avenue A Train* on Mon Jun 8 03:01:37 2020, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* Phoenix Transit "Tico" Scottsdale Connection Tempe Trolley Tempe TIM Mesa Sunrunner Metro Rail (Phoenix)
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by IRTRedbirdR33* on Mon Jun 8 08:04:09 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by Euclid Avenue A Train on Mon Jun 8 03:01:37 2020.* Euclid: I take it from your post that you live in Arizona. Larry, RedbirdR33
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by IRTRedbirdR33* on Mon Jun 8 08:08:54 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by Joe on Sun Jun 7 22:44:24 2020.* Joe: The Newburgh-Beacon Bus Company had several routes in and around Newburgh. One route ran between Newburgh and Beacon. It used the ferry to cross the Hudson up until November 1963 when the bridge (Current north span)opened. In Beacon it ran along US Route 9D probably as far south as Dutchess Junction (guess). I did ride it as far south as the incline railway. I'm sure that it Beacon it made a detour down to the train station. Larry, RedbirdR33
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1)
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Mon Jun 8 10:50:17 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1), posted by Catfish 44 on Sun Jun 7 17:43:40 2020.* Breezy Point is widely known to be a gated community, so that would be the question he's asking. However, what most people don't realize is that the main street through the community, Rockaway Point Boulevard is completely open to general traffic. There's a guard booth at the entrance, but one can go around it without stopping. Only the side streets are gated. So nothing would stop a public bus from running there.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by kcram3500* on Mon Jun 8 10:58:35 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by Asgard on Mon Jun 8 00:33:53 2020.* Liberty Lines :)
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1)
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Mon Jun 8 11:44:23 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1), posted by New Flyer #857 on Sun Jun 7 16:48:56 2020.* The Wikipedia article you reference has a citation that's a link to the 1995 Express Bus Map. No QBM1 or QBM2, but it shows the MAX routes with good detail: BM10: Northbound via 3rd and southbound via 4th from 97th to 66th, then the Gowanus. BM11: Bay Parkway and Bay Ridge Parkway (75th) via Bay Parkway and 65th Street to Gowanus Expressway. BM15: Avenue Z and Ocean Parkway via B4 route to 3rd/4th, then via BM10 route (above) to Gowanus. City (all routes): Northbound via Trinity/Church/6th to Central Park South. Southbound via 5th and Broadway. The BM15 had a single outbound (to Brooklyn) run via Water Street from Fulton, but no corresponding inbound run.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1)
Posted by New Flyer #857* on Mon Jun 8 11:59:20 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1), posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jun 8 11:44:23 2020.* Thanks; was looking for the map and didn't see it hiding in plain sight. Every time I look at it, it seems, I learn something new, and I didn't know that the QM1/QM1A used the Williamsburg Bridge at that time.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1)
Posted by Catfish 44* on Mon Jun 8 14:07:13 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1), posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jun 8 10:50:17 2020.* Thank you I’m aware of all that. And that’s why he needs to know that nobody would be questioned before a bus proceeded in to the area.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1)
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Mon Jun 8 14:13:49 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1), posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Jun 8 14:07:13 2020.* I know you know but I wanted to explain for everyone else.
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33* on Mon Jun 8 14:28:14 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Jun 7 19:33:14 2020.* When I was a kid I remember buses with the words Bronx Surface Transit. Were they part of Surface Transit? The Surface Transportation Company was re-organized as Surface Transit in 1956. I do not know what "Bronx Surface Transit" was but it may have been some sort of promotional thing. Larry, RedbirdR33
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1)
Posted by Tiny Tim* on Mon Jun 8 20:44:18 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1), posted by New Flyer #857 on Sun Jun 7 16:48:56 2020.* Erin Tours started the QBM1. They city went after them big time trying to shut it down. I knew the owners as we worked at times helping each other out when I was at Clausen bus. It did go to court where the city lost. There was some coverage in the N.Y. post.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1)
Posted by New Flyer #857* on Mon Jun 8 20:48:15 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1), posted by Tiny Tim on Mon Jun 8 20:44:18 2020.* Do you know the routing through Brooklyn that was used?
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Posted by Q4 on Tue Jun 9 08:38:14 2020, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020. I feel deprived. Bus lines I have ridden: NYCT/MaBSTOA MSBA Jamaica Greyhound WMATA Sacramento Regional Capital Metro (Austin) TheBus My favorite one is one I never rode, New York Bus Service. I loved their livery scheme. I use to watch them when visiting relatives as they and Liberty Lines went down 3rd Avenue heading to the Bronx.
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Posted by andy* on Tue Jun 9 10:48:23 2020, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* Fifth Ave. Coach NYC Omnibus Surface Transit NYC Transit Authority and MABSTOA pre-MTA (1968) Queens Transit Green Bus Triboro Coach Public Service Coordinated Transport (pre TNJ) Long Island Carriers: Schenck Transportation, Universal Auto Bus, MSBA Boston MTA (pre-MBTA) Philadelphia Transportation Co. (pre- SEPTA) DC Transit (pre-WMATA)
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1)
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Tue Jun 9 14:45:25 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1), posted by Tiny Tim on Mon Jun 8 20:44:18 2020.* When was this?
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Posted by Tiny Tim* on Tue Jun 9 16:38:16 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1), posted by New Flyer #857 on Mon Jun 8 20:48:15 2020.* No o dont6
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Posted by Tiny Tim* on Tue Jun 9 16:39:53 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1), posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Jun 9 14:45:25 2020.* Around 1984 -85.
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Posted by Euclid Avenue A Train* on Thu Jun 18 22:50:40 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Mon Jun 8 08:04:09 2020.* Yes, I live in Metro Phoenix since 1979 previously of Ozone Park, Queens & Cypress Hills, Brooklyn Passenger on Public Transit Bus & Rail 1986-Present Customer Service Agent: Phoenix Transit, RPTA (Valley Metro), City Of Phoenix Public Transit Dept. (All as Contract Employee with ATC and ATC/Vancom) 1992-1999
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Posted by BrooklynBus* on Fri Jun 19 07:42:12 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Mon Jun 8 14:28:14 2020.* I remember green and silver buses with the words Bronx Surface Transit and also Red and Tan buses but I do not remember the words on those. It was probably around 1958, when I just learned how to read. Thanks for responding.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by BrooklynBus* on Fri Jun 19 07:42:30 2020, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by r17-6599 on Mon Jun 8 00:30:12 2020.* It was before 1962.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1)
Posted by Allen45* on Fri Nov 25 20:07:29 2022, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1), posted by Tiny Tim on Mon Jun 8 20:44:18 2020.* I remember Erin Tours also filed complaints against Command Bus Company as well. They didn't get a city franchise until 1989. I wonder what prompted the city to finally give in?
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Posted by Allen45* on Mon Nov 28 19:29:33 2022, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 13:35:49 2020.* They supposedly had the friendliest drivers. I remember reading that the reason they went out of business was chiefly because they had to vacate their facility at 225 Cherry Street. Part of me wonders if there was a chance that they could've stayed open or another company could've taken it over rather than NYCT/MaBSTOA.
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Posted by Edwards!* on Tue Nov 29 04:25:51 2022, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* South Carolina Electric and Gas,before it became CARTA. Practically all of the NYC privates,except the Metro APPLE EXPRESS. Dutchess County lines out of Poughkeepsie. Newburgh shuttle to the Becon rail station. Westchester Bee line. WMATA, DC Transit, Marta. NJ Transit, Coach USA Academy, Adirondack/Pine hill/ New York Trailways, Greyhound Lines(my former employer)... Bolt Bus. Southern Stagecoach. MBTA I Ride(CDTA) MUNI, LAMTA,(CALTRAN too), Nfta..(Buffalo and Niagara). Last,Baltimore MTA.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1)
Posted by Osmosis Jones* on Tue Nov 29 08:13:25 2022, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1), posted by New Flyer #857 on Sun Jun 7 16:48:56 2020.* Do those dollar van-type buses still connect the Q22 Terminal/Q35 stop in Roxbury with the Surf Club?
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Posted by Osmosis Jones* on Tue Nov 29 08:31:06 2022, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* Green Bus was the absolute worst towards the end (early 00s): Unprofessional drivers, rickety buses (even newer ones that were less than 10 years old at the time like the Orion Vs), and service that you could count on not being able to count on lol. I really wondered how it lasted for so many decades. Over time I learned to love to hate it though, and even adapted to its mediocrity. On paper, the fastest way to get to South Ozone Park was to take the LIRR to the Q9, but since the only route through South Ozone Park that Green Bus seemed to care about was the Q10 (Green Bus was a private company, the Q10 was and still is a cash cow, and the Q10 is one of the first impressions of the city for many tourists, so can't blame them for that), I learned that the best way to go was the (A) train to the Q10, and kept doing that well into the MTA Bus takeover until the MTA made the Q7 and Q9 somewhat more usable.
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Posted by Osmosis Jones* on Tue Nov 29 08:38:43 2022, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Mon Jun 8 08:08:54 2020.* Despite poor service (including no Sunday service or connection to Metro-North outside of peak hours), and even worse infrastructure to support the system, the Newburgh Local Buses within town are actually still well utilized to this day, with almost every Northside/Southside bus carrying a seated load along Broadway. I hope Orange County one day realizes that a lot of people in Newburgh need to take the bus, and starts giving the system the increased funding that it deserves.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1)
Posted by Osmosis Jones* on Tue Nov 29 08:41:22 2022, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines (MAX and the QBM1), posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jun 8 11:44:23 2020.* That Wikipedia page reminded me of another one of my old favorite routes, the M30. It interlined with the X90 out of Quill so you were pretty much guaranteed to get a ride on an virtually empty (the M30 was discontinued for a reason lol) Orion V Suburban through Midtown and the Upper East Side for a local fare.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by fdtutf* on Tue Nov 29 11:05:46 2022, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* I'm guessing you were stationed at Keesler?
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline* on Tue Nov 29 11:59:10 2022, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by Osmosis Jones on Tue Nov 29 08:31:06 2022.* I was a regular commuter on Green Lines in 2005 on the Q40 and service was pretty good IMO. A train to the Q7 was also a commute I used to do back then. Rough time for me in my life at that point so being a transit buff riding Green Lines was one of the highlights of my life lol. Only time a bus had an mechanical problem was a hand me down RTS from the MTA (the units that was painted all white). Some drivers were mean lol, reminds me of this one guy who was grumpy as hell and was ALWAYS in a bad mood whenever I got his bus. Grumpy B/Os lasted well into the takeover era in multiple MTA Bus depots.
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline* on Tue Nov 29 12:02:15 2022, in response to Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Jun 7 12:03:55 2020.* MTA NJ Transit Greyhound Peter Pan Green Lines Jamaica Bus MBTA Nice Bus Suffolk Transit CT Transit Bee Line Hudson Link
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by Bill from Maspeth* on Tue Nov 29 14:16:46 2022, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by Osmosis Jones on Tue Nov 29 08:31:06 2022.* I don't think the debate ever ended on which company was worse at the end: Green or Triboro.
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Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines
Posted by fset* on Tue Nov 29 16:19:14 2022, in response to Re: Nostalgia Corner: Some Old Bus Lines, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Nov 29 14:16:46 2022.* In Brooklyn along Kings Hway, when I was in high school I boarded the "B5 to Ryder St" at McDonald Avenue till the end at Ryder St, one block short of Flatbush, then walk 1 block to get the B7, and I paid another fare.
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