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Route 50 is a former streetcar line that was operated by SEPTA in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.. The route ran from the Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood of Fox Chase on Oxford Avenue and then through Lawndale along Rising Sun Avenue, and for a brief period it also shared tracks with SEPTA Trolley Route 47, which was abandoned by the SEPTA Board on June 14, 1969.
The route is operated by trolleybuses, locally called trackless trolleys. Buses replaced streetcars (trolley cars) on July 30, 1955 and ran for one month then on September 1, 1955, the new Trackless Trolleys replace the buses. [3] The last day of streetcar operation was actually July 30, 1955, but diesel buses were temporarily used for six ...
Northeast Philadelphia, nicknamed Northeast Philly, the Northeast and the Great Northeast, is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the 2000 census, Northeast Philadelphia has a population of between 300,000 and 450,000, depending on how the area is defined. [ 1 ]
Northeast Philadelphia Airport, located in the Ashton-Woodenbridge neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, is used for general aviation flights. It is the sixth busiest airport in Pennsylvania, [54] and has two runways. In 2006, the airport had an average of 289 aircraft operations per day, and 203 aircraft based at the airport.
Lost and Found by Arthur Drummond. 1903. Private Collection. Lost-and-found offices at large organizations can handle a large and varied collection of articles. Transport for London's lost property offices (which handle items lost on the city's Tube, buses and taxis) handles over 130,000 items a year, including 24,000 bags and 10,000 mobile phones.
The 23-year-old taxi driver was in a Toyota Rav4 at 115th Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard in South Ozone Park around 3:10 a.m. when he collided with a Honda Accord that was being driven by a 25-year ...
In 1921, a Yellow Cab driver named Thomas A. Skirven, Jr. was shot and killed while standing outside a Yellow Cab garage. [5] Two Checker Taxi drivers were eventually convicted of his murder. [6] This began a period of particularly bitter relations between Yellow Cab and Checker Taxi which led to shootings, targeted murders and firebombings. [3]
Amid the Thanksgiving travel rush, a stowaway was discovered Tuesday night on board a Delta Air Lines flight out of JFK Airport in New York City headed to Paris. Authorities said the stowaway was ...