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streetcar
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lines once operated in
the Bronx
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,
New York City
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,
New York
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. Every line in the Bronx eventually came under control of the
Third Avenue Railway
The Third Avenue Railway System (TARS), founded 1852, was a streetcar system serving the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx along with lower Westchester County. For a brief period of time, TARS also operated the Steinway Lines i ...
.
[Ballard, C: "Metropolitan New York's Third Avenue Railway System", Arcadia Publishing, 2005]Third Avenue Railway System Map; 1922 (WorldNYCSubway.org)
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See also
* List of streetcar lines in Brooklyn
The following streetcar lines once operated in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.
History
The history of surface line operation in Brooklyn is long and very complicated, and is best presented under one of the following sub-articles ...
* List of streetcar lines in Manhattan
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* List of streetcar lines in Queens
The following streetcar lines once operated in Queens, New York City, United States.
BMT
The Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation concentrated on Brooklyn, but had some lines into Queens. Only the ones that significantly entered Queens are sho ...
* List of streetcar lines in Staten Island
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* List of town tramway systems in the United States
This is an all-time list of streetcar (tram), interurban and light rail systems in the United States, by principal city (or cities) served, and separated by political division, with opening and closing dates. It includes all such systems, past a ...
References
Chicago Transit & Railfan Web Site: New York City Transit
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Bronx
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Bronx-related lists