Surface Transit, Incorporated was an operator of buses in the boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx from 1956 to 1962.
Surface Transit was the successor to Surface Transportation Corporation of New York as the operator of its routes, but in fact was a newly established company in 1956. It was a subsidiary of Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Incorporated, which in fact was a 1956 renaming of the former New York City Omnibus Corporation.
In 1962 all of the routes of Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Inc. and its subsidiary Surface Transit, Inc. were taken over by the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority after a strike which left the company's patrons without service.
Route number under Surface Transit |
Route name | History | Current route number under MaBSTOA |
Notes |
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Bx1
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Concourse-138th Street Line | Began July 3, 1921 by Concourse Bus Lines | Bx1 | |
Bx2
|
Concourse-Hub Line | Began July 3, 1921 by Concourse Bus Lines | Bx2 | |
Bx3
|
Prospect Avenue Line | Began October 24, 1921 by New York City Department of Plant and Structures | Bx17 | |
Bx4
|
Jerome-Bainbridge Avenues Line | Began April 2, 1928 by New York City Department of Plant and Structures | Bx34 | |
Bx5
|
Bruckner Boulevard/Story Avenue Line | Began March 26, 1928 by New York City Department of Plant and Structures | Bx5 | |
Bx6
|
East Gun Hill Road Line | Began as new bus route March 26, 1928 by New York City Department of Plant and Structures | Bx30 (compined with former Bx7) | |
Bx7
|
Boston Road Line | Replaced Boston Road Line streetcar February 12, 1928 | Bx30 (compined with former Bx6) | |
Bx8
|
Williamsbridge Road Line | Began November 1, 1927 by Bronx Coach | part of Bx8 (combined with Bx23) | |
Bx9
|
Eastchester Road Line | Began November 1, 1927 | Bx31 | |
Bx10
|
Riverdale Avenue Line | Began February 12, 1928 | Bx7 | |
Bx11
|
170th Street Crosstown Line | Began February 27, 1948 | Bx11 | |
Bx12
|
City Island-Fordham Road Line | Began April 23, 1948 | Bx12 | |
City Island Line | Began April 23, 1928 | Bx29 | Extended over part of former Bx19 route (and renamed City Island-Fordham Road Line) during Surface Transit days; merged with that route to form current Bx12 route, with new Bx29 representing part of the route | |
Bx13
|
Castle Hill Avenue Line | Began in 1928 by Windus | Bx22 | |
Bx14
|
Edenwald Avenue Line | Combined new Edenwald bus started April 20, 1931 with replacement for E. 233rd St. streetcar converted August 18, 1935 | part of Bx16 (combined with former Bx16, Bx19) | |
Bx15
|
East Gun Hill Road Line | Began September 18, 1933 | Bx28 | |
Bx16
|
Nereid Avenue Line | Replaced streetcar August 18, 1935 | part of Bx16 (combined with former Bx14, Bx19) | |
Bx17
|
Allerton Avenue Line | Began in 1928 | Bx25, Bx26 | |
Bx18
|
Macombs Road Line | Began June 22, 1941 | Bx18 | |
Bx19
|
Baychester Avenue Line | Began as a new bus (unknown date) | part of Bx16 (combined with former Bx14, Bx16) | |
Bx20
|
Bronx and Van Cortlandt Parks Crosstown Line | Replaced Bronx and Van Cortlandt Parks Crosstown Line streetcar on March 25, 1948 | Bx9 | Via Marble Hill, Manhattan |
Bx21
|
Randall's Island Line | discontinued | data unknown | |
Bx22
|
Buhre Avenue-Country Club Line | Combined Country Club bus (began in 1933 by Capwood) and replacement for Pelham Bay Park Line streetcar on August 25, 1940 Metropolitan Avenue bus (former Bx54) also began later |
part of Bx14 (combined with former Bx54) | |
Bx23
|
Crosby/Layton Avenues Line | Began June 15, 1934 by Bronx Coach | part of Bx8 (combined with Bx8 of Surface Transit) | |
Bx24
|
Bailey Avenue Line | Replaced Bailey Avenue Line streetcar on June 27, 1948 | Bx20 | |
Bx25
|
Morris Avenue Line | Replaced Morris Avenue Line streetcar November 1, 1941 | Bx32 | |
Bx26
|
Boston Road Line | Replaced Boston Road Line streetcar August 22, 1948 | Bx21 | |
Bx27
|
Sound View Avenue Line | Replaced Sound View Avenue Line streetcar March 9, 1947 | Bx27 | |
Bx28
|
Bx10 | |||
Williamsbridge Line | Replaced Williamsbridge Line streetcar August 22, 1948 | Bx39 | ||
Bx29
|
Willis Avenue Line | Replaced Willis Avenue Line streetcar on August 5, 1941 | Bx15 | |
Bx30
|
149th Street Crosstown Line | Replaced 149th Street Crosstown Line streetcar August 17, 1947 | part of Bx19 (combined with former Bx31) | |
Bx31
|
Southern Boulevard Line | Replaced Southern Boulevard Line streetcar August 22, 1948 | part of Bx19 (combined with former Bx30) | |
Bx32
|
St. Ann's Avenue Line | Replaced St. Ann's Avenue Line streetcar July 11, 1948 | discontinued | |
Bx33
|
138th Street Crosstown Line | Replaced 138th Street Crosstown Line streetcar July 11, 1948 | Bx33 | |
Bx34
|
163rd Street Crosstown Line | Replaced 163rd Street Crosstown Line streetcar on June 27, 1948 | Bx6 | |
Bx35
|
167th Street Crosstown Line | Replaced 167th Street Crosstown Line streetcar July 11, 1948 | Bx35 | |
Bx36
|
180th Street Crosstown Line | Replaced 180th Street Crosstown Line streetcar October 26, 1947 | Bx36 | |
Bx37
|
Ogden Avenue Line | Replaced Ogden Avenue Line streetcar on October 26, 1947 | Bx13 | |
Bx38
|
University Avenue Line | Replaced University Avenue Line streetcar on October 26, 1947 | Bx3 | |
Bx39
|
Sedgwick Avenue Line | Replaced Sedgwick Avenue Line streetcar June 27, 1948 | discontinued | |
Bx40
|
Tremont Avenue Line | Replaced Tremont Avenue Line streetcar August 22, 1948 | Bx40 | |
Bx42 | ||||
Bx41
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Webster and White Plains Avenues Line | Replaced Webster and White Plains Avenues Line streetcar June 27, 1948 | Bx41 | |
Bx42
|
Westchester Avenue Line | Replaced Westchester Avenue Line streetcar on July 20, 1948 | Bx4 | |
Bx54
|
Metropolitan Avenue Line | Began at unknown date | part of Bx14 (combined with former Bx22) |