Seventh Avenue Line (Manhattan surface)
The Seventh Avenue Line is a surface
bus routes
.
History
The
Park Place - to Broadway were also authorized, and the Broadway Line shared the route north of Times Square and south of Barclay Street (in one direction on Church Street) and Canal Street (in the other direction on West Broadway).[1]
The company was incorporated on May 26, 1864,[2] and opened the Seventh Avenue Line by the end of 1865.[3]
An 1866 law required the company to replace its double track in
trackage rights, a law was passed in 1867 requiring the Seventh Avenue cars to travel in the same direction, with northbound cars in Sullivan Street, a block west of southbound cars in Thompson Street.[2]
References
- ^ Chapter 513, An Act to authorize the construction of a railroad in Seventh avenue, and in certain other streets and avenues of the city of New York, passed April 17, 1860, reproduced in A Compilation of the Ferry Leases and Railroad Grants Made by the Corporation of the City of New York, 1860, pages 354 to 359
- ^ a b Harry James Carman, The Street Surface Railway Franchises of New York City, pages 119 to 121
- New York Times, Our City Railroads, December 26, 1865, page 8
- ^ Chapter 500, An Act to change the route of the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company in the city of New York, reproduced in A Compilation of the Existing Ferry Leases and Railroad Grants Made by the Corporation of the City of New York, 1866, pages 412 to 413
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