The Surface Transportation Corporation was the

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-operating subsidiary of the Third Avenue Railway in

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which operated under that name following the conversion of the streetcar lines in Manhattan and the Bronx to bus service between March 1941 and August 1948. On December 17, 1956, the corporation was bought by Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Inc. (formerly New York City Omnibus Corporation) as part of its acquisition of the Third Avenue Railway, and its routes placed under a newly created operating subsidiary, Surface Transit, Inc.Sparberg, Andrew J. ''From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA''. Oxford University Press, 2014, p. 117. ("...on December 17, 1956, Fifth Avenue's management purchased Surface outright.... Upon the takeover, Fifth Avenue created an operating subsidiary named Surface Transit Inc. for the new acquisition.")

Bus routes

Surface Transportation inherited the following former trolley lines: *M100: Broadway-Kingsbridge Line *M101: Third Avenue-Amsterdam Avenue Line *M102: 125th Street Crosstown Line *M103: 59th Street Crosstown Line *M104: Broadway Line *M105: Tenth Avenue Line *M106: 42nd Street Crosstown Line

References

External links

Surface Transportation System (BusTalk U.S. Surface Transportation Galleries)
Bus transportation in New York City Third Avenue Railway {{NYC-transport-stub