In The Bronx, Streetcars Had Letters - Included An O P U and X Lines

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In The Bronx, the Third Avenue Railway used letters to help identify streetcar lines. One or two letters were used for more than one line and there was an O, P, and U line (but no I or Y line).

 

Letter Route l From To

 

A Westchester Avenue Line The Hub to Westchester Square

 

B Bailey Avenue Line Kingsbridge to Fordham

(B (Bailey Avenue) Line used Bailey Avenue and Fordham Road)

 

B Boston Road Line Mott Haven to Morris Park

 

C Bronx And Van Cortlandt Parks Crosstown Line Riverdale (City Line) to West Farms Square

(C Line used Broadway, Kingbridge Road, Fordham Road, Southern Boulevard, 180th Street and Boston Road)

 

D Dyre Avenue Line Within Eastchester

 

L Saint Ann's Avenue Line Mott Haven to Morrisania

(L Line used Saint Ann's Avenue)

 

M Morris Avenue Line Mott Haven to Morrisania

 

O Ogden Avenue Line Washington Heights to Washington Heights

(O Line used West 155th Street, Ogden Avenue, and West 181st Street)

 

P Pelham Bay Park Line Westchester Square and Pelham Bay Park

(Together, the A Line and P Line served Westchester Avenue from The Hub to Pelham Bay Park. Westchester Square was the terminal/transfer point)

 

S Harlem Shuttle East Harlem and Mott Haven

(This was the only case where Third Avenue used S for Shuttle)

 

S Sedgewick Avenue Line Morrisania and East Tremont

(S (Sedgewick) Line used 161st Street, Sedgewick Avenue, Burnside Avenue and Tremont Avenue)

 

S Southern Boulevard Line Mott Haven and Belmont

(S (Southern Boulevard) Line used Bruckner, and Southern Boulevards)

 

T Tremont Avenue Line Morris Heights to Throg's Neck

 

U University Avenue Line Washington Heights to Kingsbridge

(U Line used West 181st Street, University Avenue, and Kingsbridge Road)

 

V Sound View Avenue Line Hunt's Point to Clason's Point

 

V Willamsbridge Line East Tremont to Wakefield (City Line)

(V (Williamsbridge) Line used Tremont Avenue, Morris Park Avenue, and White Plains Road)

 

W Webster Avenue And White Plains Road Line The Hub to Wakefield (City Line)

 

W Willis Avenue Line West 130th Street Ferry and Woodlawn (City Line)

(W (Willis Avenue) Line used 125th Street, Willis avenue, Melrose Avenue, and Webster Avenue)

 

X - Third Avenue used X for all Crosstown Streetcar Lines (with one exception):

 

X 138th Street Crosstown Line Harlem to Port Morris

(X (138th Street) Line used West 135th Street, Madison Avenue, and East 138th Street)

 

X 149th Street Crosstown Line Harlem to Hunt's Point

(X (149th Street) Line used West 145th and East 149th Streets)

 

X 163d Street Crosstown Line Washington Heights to Hunt's Point

(X (163d Street) Line used West 155th Street, East 161st and East 163d Streets and Hunt's Point Avenue)

 

X 167th Street Crosstown Line Washington Heights to Hunt's Point

(X (167th Street) used West 181st Street, and East 167th, East 168th, and East 169th Streets)

 

X 207th Street Crosstown Line Inwood to Belmont

(X (207th Street) Line used West 207th Street and Fordham Road)

 

Z 180th Street Crosstown Line Washington Heights to Unionport

(Z Line used West 181st Street, University Avenue, Tremont Avenue, Webster Avenue, East 180th Street, Boston Road, and East 177th Street)