Avenue C Line (Manhattan)
| M9 | |||
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| Avenue C Line | |||
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An M9 on Chambers Street in Tribeca.
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| Overview | |||
| System | MTA New York City Bus | ||
| Operator | New York City Transit Authority | ||
| Garage | Michael J. Quill | ||
| Vehicle |
Nova Bus RTS-06 Daimler Chrysler Orion VII |
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| Began service | 1869 (train) 1893 (streetcar) 1919 (bus) 2013 (current alignment) |
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| Route | |||
| Locale | Manhattan | ||
| Start | Battery Park City – Liberty Street | ||
| End | Bellevue Hospital – 29th Street | ||
| Service | |||
| Operates | 6:00 AM – 10:45 PM | ||
| Fare | $2.75 (MetroCard or coins) | ||
| Cash | Coins only (exact change required) | ||
| Transfers | Yes | ||
| Timetable | M9 | ||
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The M9 is a local bus routes that operates along the Avenue C Line (also known as the Houston Street Line), in Manhattan, New York City, United States. The route runs mostly along Essex Street and Avenue C from Battery Park City to Kips Bay. Originally a streetcar line, the Avenue C Line is now part of the M9 route, as well as the M21, which operates on the Houston Street Line. Both the Avenue C and Houston Street segments were served by a single route, the M21, until June 2010. The M9 and M21 are operated by the New York City Transit Authority, and based out of the Michael J. Quill Depot.
The Avenue C Railroad (changed to the Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad in the early 1880s) was chartered June 3, 1874, and opened the Avenue C Line on October 18, 1869, connecting the Pavonia Ferry at the foot of Chambers Street with the Green Point Ferry at the foot of East 10th Street. Its route ran along West Street, a one-way pair of Charlton Street, Prince Street, and Stanton Street (eastbound) and Houston Street, 1st Avenue, and 3rd Street (westbound), Pitt Street/Avenue C, and 10th Street. By 1879, the line had been extended north on Avenue C from 10th Street, west on 17th Street (eastbound) and 18th Street (westbound), north over the Central Park, North and East River Railroad (First Avenue and East Belt Line) on Avenue A, 23rd Street, and 1st Avenue, west on 35th Street (westbound) and 36th Street (eastbound), north on Lexington Avenue, and west on 42nd Street to Grand Central Terminal. The Third Avenue Railroad also used the trackage on 42nd Street by 1884.
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