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The NYC's Cleveland Limited from New York City to Buffalo likewise carried coaches and sleepers for a counterpart northwest-bound train (NYC #371) to Toronto. [4] In 1962 the Ohio State Limited was one of several NYC trains to receive the new slumbercoach economy sleeping cars in a failed attempt to revive flagging business. [5]: 124 [6] In the ...
Founded in 1926 by the Van Gonsic Berardi family, Trailways of New York first began as the Rip Van Winkle brand with commuter service between New York City and the Hudson Valley. [7] During the 1930s, following a series of early successes in the then newly-emerging bus industry, service was first extended from its original Hudson Valley and ...
An 1807 grid plan of Manhattan. The history of New York City's transportation system began with the Dutch port of New Amsterdam.The port had maintained several roads; some were built atop former Lenape trails, others as "commuter" links to surrounding cities, and one was even paved by 1658 from orders of Petrus Stuyvesant, according to Burrow, et al. [1] The 19th century brought changes to the ...
The first New York-Chicago route was provided on January 24, 1853 with the completion of the Toledo, Norwalk and Cleveland Railroad to Grafton, Ohio on the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad. The route later became part of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, owned by the New York Central Railroad. [1]
This listing includes current and discontinued routes operated by Amtrak since May 1, 1971. Some intercity trains were also operated after 1971 by the Alaska Railroad, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Georgia Railroad, Reading Company, and Southern Railway.
The New York City Omnibus Corporation was formed in 1926 with John A. Ritchie as President. [1] Richie was also president of The Omnibus Corporation founded a year earlier. The company introduced new bus lines to replace the streetcar lines being withdrawn by the New York Railways Corporation in 1935/36, [2] which The Omnibus Corporation also ...
New York City Omnibus Corporation buses route (M23 - 5) replaced New York Railways' Sixth Avenue Line streetcar on March 3, 1936. New York City Omnibus Corporation buses route (M22 - 6) replaced New York Railways' Broadway Line streetcar on March 6, 1936. The routes were combined as a one-way pair on November 10, 1963, and kept the number 6.
The Post Road in New York. Transportation was used early on to support industry and commerce in the State of New York. The Boston Post Road, between what then the relatively small City of New York and Boston, began as a path to deliver the post using post riders (the first ride to lay out the Upper Post Road starting January 22, 1673), and developed into a wagon, or stage road in later ...