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Posted by
W.B.
on Tue Nov 12 08:51:17 2024
November 12, 1935 - The Book of First and Last Runs
Manhattan, New York
Eighth and Ninth Avenues Railway Company
Eighth Avenue Coach Corporation
Buses replace streetcars on the Eighth Avenue-Central Park West and Ninth and Amsterdam Avenues lines. The aforementioned trolleys had been run by the Eighth and Ninth Avenues Railway which since June 1 had been owned by New York Railways. Horse-drawn streetcars had first run along Eighth Avenue in 1855, and Ninth Avenue in 1859. The replacement bus service will be provided by the Eighth Avenue Coach Corporation as Route Nos. 10 and 11, respectively.
As part of this bustitution, Central Park West throughout its entire stretch between 59th and 110th Streets is converted to two-way traffic. It had previously run one-way southbound.
(Sources: "Central Park West to Be 2-Way Route," The New York Times, February 14, 1935; "Bus Line Will Run Eighth Av. Trolleys," The New York Times, May 25, 1935; "Buses to Run Soon on 8th and 9th Avs.," The New York Times, October 5, 1935; "Eighth Av. Buses to Run on Tuesday," The New York Times, November 7, 1935; "8th Av. Buses Bring New Traffic Rules," The New York Times, November 12, 1935; "Last Trolley Cars Clang on Eighth Av.," The New York Times, November 13, 1935; "New York City Omnibus Corp." by Bernard Linder, Motor Coach Age, February 1969.)
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