The New York City Omnibus Corporation (NYCO, later Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Inc.) ran bus services in

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between 1926 and 1962. It expanded in 1935/36 with new bus routes to replace the

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streetcars when these were dismantled. It further expanded with the acquisition of the

Fifth Avenue Coach Company The Fifth Avenue Coach Company was a bus operator in Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens, and Westchester County, New York, providing public transit between 1896 and 1954 after which services were taken over by the New York City Omnibus Corporation. It ...

from

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in 1954. NYCO was renamed the "Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Inc." in 1956, becoming

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in 1962, after which operations were taken over by the

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History

The New York City Omnibus Corporation was formed in 1926 with John A. Ritchie as President. Richie was also president of

founded a year earlier. The company introduced new bus lines to replace the streetcar lines being withdrawn by the

in 1935/36, which The Omnibus Corporation also owned. In 1954, the company purchased the

from

and renamed itself as "Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Inc." on May 14, 1956. They also acquired the

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-owned

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on December 17 that same year, and created an operating subsidiary, Surface Transit, Inc., to administer their routes. The company went bankrupt in 1962 and the services were taken over by the

Routes

The routes that were operated by the New York City Omnibus Corporation are listed below.

References

External links

Bus maps circa 1940s
{{Authority control Surface transportation in Greater New York Transport companies established in 1926 Transport companies disestablished in 1962 Bus transportation in New York City Defunct companies based in New York (state) Defunct public transport operators in the United States 1926 establishments in New York City 1962 disestablishments in New York (state)