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Third Avenue Railway System in Manhattan N.J. International 1996 Soft Cover
Third Avenue Railway System in Manhattan N.J. International 1996 sc
Third Avenue Railway System in Manhattan Reflections for the lights on some photos
N.J. International, Inc
Soft Cover
64 Pages
Copyright 1996
Contents
Third Avenue Railway Co.
The Conduit System
Lower Manhattan Scenes
Lower Manhattan
3rd Avenue & Amsterdam Ave.
42nd Street Crosstown
59th Street Crosstown
125th Street Crosstown
Kingsbridge
Broadway
10th Avenue
Crosstown Bronx Routes Ending in Upper Manhattan
135th St
145th St
155th St
181st St
207th St
Sweepers
Work Cars
Rosters
65th Street Car Houser
The Shops
130th St & 3rd Ave Car House
218th Street Kingsbridge Car House
129th Street & Amsterdam Ave Car House
54th St & 10th Ave Car house
The Kingsbridge Powerhouse
Intro
The development of surface transportation in New York City, and on Manhattan Island in particular, did not differ materially from that of other cities.
In 1835, after the opening of the Harlem road, the first stage line on rails was started. It operated with four stages each carrying ten passengers and was run at one hour intervals between City Hall (lower Manhattan) and Yorkville (86th Street area on the East side), and then by transfer on to Harlem. In 1852 the Sixth Avenue Railroad Company opened with four miles of line.
In 1853 the Third Avenue Railroad opened its Third Avenue route with four miles of line.
In 1860, there were 60 miles of horse-car lines on Manhattan Island; by 1870 this had increased to 154 miles. It reached its peak of 336 miles in 1896 and then declined steadily thereafter.
The demographics of the 1860-1900 period reflect 40 years of unbounded growth in surface transportation. The population of Manhattan Island grew steadily from 1,140,219 in 1860 to 3,370,181 by 1900. During the same period the number of passengers carried annually by surface lines went from 38,455,242 to 533,092,114. As can be seen, the ratio of ridership to total population increased dramatically from 34 to 158 rides per person per year. The number of passengers carried per year per mile of track went from 385,00 in 1860 to 858,00 in 1900. The total surface car miles operated per year was 8,654,771 in 1860 and 60,642,057 by 1900, the maximum it would ever attain.
The greatest increases were due principally to three reasons-the extension in mileage, the added convenience in equipment and speed and the reduction in fare.
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