Third Avenue Railway

Third Avenue Railway

The Third Avenue Railway System (TARS) was a street railroad company in the U.S. state of New YorkBallard, C: "Metropolitan New York's Third Avenue Railway System" ,Arcadia Publishing, 2005] . It operated lines in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Westchester County, with its main line along Manhattan's Third Avenue

Lines

Manhattan

The following lines existed in later days:
*10 Tenth Avenue Line: 42nd Street, 10th Avenue, Broadway, and 125th Street from West 42nd Street Ferry to West 130th Street Ferry
*B Broadway Line: 42nd Street, Broadway, and 125th Street from East 42nd Street Ferry to West 130th Street Ferry
*K Broadway-Kingsbridge Line: East Harlem to the Bronx
*T Third and Amsterdam Avenues Line: Park Row, Bowery, 3rd Avenue, 125th Street, and Amsterdam Avenue from City Hall to Fort George
*X 42nd Street Crosstown Line
*X 59th Street Crosstown Line
*X 125th Street Crosstown Line

urviving equipment

A number of cars formerly operated by TARS have been preserved. [cite web | url = http://www.bera.org/pnaerc.html | title = Preserved North America Electric Railway Cars]

* 24, Brill open car, Electric City Trolley Museum
* 220, converted cable car, Shore Line Trolley Museum
* 316, American standard, Shore Line Trolley Museum
* 629, lightweight, Shore Line Trolley Museum
* 631, lightweight, Seashore Trolley Museum
* 634, 640, lightweight, Mariazell, Austria
* 637, lightweight, Graz, Austria
* 674, lightweight, National Tramway Museum
* 678, lightweight, National Capital Trolley Museum
* 830, 844, Shore Line Trolley Museum
* 1043, Brill semi-convertible, Western Railway Museum
* 1779, Peter Witt streetcar, Sorocaba, Brazil
* 1789, 1791, Peter Witt, Sao Paulo, Brazil
* 1799, Peter Witt, Bertioga, Brazil
* 4208, lightweight, Vienna, Austria

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