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Fourth and Madison Avenues Line

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Fifth and Madison Avenues Line
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The M3 on Madison Avenue
Overview
System MTA New York City Bus
Operator New York City Transit Authority
Garage Manhattanville
Vehicle Daimler Chrysler Orion VII
Began service 1832 (trolley)
1886 (bus)
1966 (current alignment)
Route
Locale Manhattan
Start M1-M3: East Village8th Street
M4: MidtownPenn Station
Via Madison Avenue (northbound)
Fifth Avenue (southbound)
110th Street (except M1)
End M1: Harlem147th Street
M2: Washington Heights168th Street
M3: Fort George193rd Street
M4: Fort Tryon ParkThe Cloisters
Length M1 SB: 7.6 miles (12.2 km)
M2 SB: 9.3 miles (15.0 km)
M3 SB: 10.6 miles (17.1 km)
M4 SB: 10.1 miles (16.3 km)
Other routes Q32 (Midtown – Jackson Heights)
Service
Operates 24 hours (M2)
4:50 AM- 12:50 AM (M1)
5:40 AM-12:00 AM (M3)
5:35 AM-11:20 PM (M4)
Fare $2.75 (MetroCard or coins)
Cash Coins only (exact change required)
Transfers Yes
Timetable M1 M2 M3 M4
← B110 (Brooklyn)  {{{system_nav}}}  M5 →

The M1, M2, M3, and M4 are four local bus routes that operate the Fifth and Madison Avenues Lines – along one-way pair of Madison and Fifth Avenues in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Though the routes also run along other major avenues, the majority of their route is along Madison and Fifth Avenues between Greenwich Village to Harlem.

The routes are the successors to the New York and Harlem Railroad's Fourth and Madison Avenues Line, which began operations in 1832 as the first street railway in the world, and several lines of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company, a bus operator that started running on Fifth Avenue in 1886.

The M1, M2, M3, and M4 all run between Midtown or Lower Manhattan and Upper Manhattan, while the Q32 runs from Midtown north along Fifth and Madison Avenues and east over the Queensboro Bridge to Jackson Heights, Queens. The M4 (and Q32) begin at Penn Station, joining Madison Avenue at 32nd Street (northbound) and leaving Fifth Avenue at 37th Street (southbound). Thus, all five routes are on Fifth and Madison Avenues from 34th Street to 110th Street.


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