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, connecting the

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. It was owned by the New York Railways Company, and contained the Spring and Delancey Streets Line streetcars. The company was discontinued September 21, 1919 but restored from February 1, 1920 to May 20, 1931 by court order.

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Delancey Line Restored
January 31, 1920, page 15

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Streetcar lines in Manhattan Defunct public transport operators in the United States Defunct New York (state) railroads Railway companies established in 1889 Railway companies disestablished in 1931 {{NYC-transport-stub