page_title: Jamaica–Far Rockaway line
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Jamaica–Far Rockaway line / History
caption_attribution_description: English: MTA Bus #167 (ex-Bee-Line #467) reaches the final stop on its Q113 Limited run in Far Rockaway, NY.
context_page_description: The Q111, Q113, and Q114 bus routes constitute a public transit line between the Jamaica and Far Rockaway neighborhoods of Queens, New York City, running primarily along Guy R. Brewer Boulevard. The Q113 and Q114 provide limited-stop service between Jamaica and Far Rockaway, connecting two major bus-subway hubs, and crossing into Nassau County. The Q111 provides local service exclusively within Queens, with the exception of select rush-hour trips to or from Cedarhurst in Nassau County. Some of the last bus routes to be privately operated in the city, they are currently operated by the MTA Bus Company brand of MTA Regional Bus Operations. The Q113 and Q114 are one of the few public transit options between the Rockaway peninsula and "mainland" New York City.
  The corridor was originally a streetcar line that began operation in 1897, referred to as the Far Rockaway line, Jamaica−Far Rockaway line, Far Rockaway−Jamaica line or Jamaica and Far Rockaway line. In 1933, the railroad company reorganized as Jamaica Buses and began operating buses along the route under a franchise with New York City.
caption: A former Bee-Line Bus System Orion V bus on the Q113 at the Seagirt Boulevard terminus in Far Rockaway. This bus retired in 2013 and is scrapped.
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