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Green Bus Lines, also referred to as Green Lines, was a private bus company in New York City. It operated local service in Queens and express service to Manhattan until January 9, 2006, when the city-operated MTA Bus Company took over its routes. It was managed most recently by Jerome Cooper (1928–2015).
Except for the Q53, all buses along the corridor end northbound service at Queens and Woodhaven Boulevards, at the Woodhaven Boulevard subway station of the IND Queens Boulevard Line and at the foot of Queens Center mall. Buses reenter service in a dedicated bus stop area on Hoffman Drive adjacent to the south side of Queens Boulevard.
A 2007 Orion VII OG HEV (3716) on the East Midtown-bound Q60 at Queens Center Mall. On January 9, 2006, the MTA Bus Company took over the operations of the Green Lines routes, part of the city's takeover of all the remaining privately operated bus routes. [35] [36] [37] Under the MTA in August 2007, overnight service on the Q60 was added. [38]
Later operated by Bee Line, Inc., [256] then Green Bus Lines, [115] [116] [257] then North Shore Bus Company until 1947. [258] Original western terminus was the 169th Street subway station. Service was rerouted to Jamaica Center on December 11, 1988. [114] Overnight service eliminated on September 10, 1995, due to a budget crisis. [141] [142]
Operated by Queens Transit 1970-1988, Caravan Transit 1988-1990, and Queens Surface Corporation [36] 1990-2005; On April 15, 2013, low ridership eastbound drop-off stops made in the PM along Northern Boulevard at 82nd Street and 114th Street were discontinued. [108] Queens-bound service rerouted to 59th Street in August 2015; QM4 QM44
In 1947, when Idlewild Airport opened, Green Bus Lines was awarded the exclusive transit rights to the airport. The bus was then extended from Richmond Hill Circle to Idlewild Airport. [22] On February 9, 1962, the Board of Estimate approved Green Bus Lines' petition to modify its franchise to create the Q10A express bus route to Idlewild Airport.
The Q88 bus constitutes a public transit line in Queens, New York City, running primarily along the Long Island Expressway's service road (Horace Harding Expressway), 73rd Avenue and Springfield Boulevard between a major transportation hub and commercial center in Elmhurst and Queens Village.
Elmhurst Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Boulevard at Woodhaven Boulevard station ( G , R , V lines) and Queens Center Mall: ↔: Rockaway Park Beach 116th Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard at Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station ( A , S lines)