Talk:Third Avenue Railway

message: The following companies seem to have been part of the system in Manhattan:
*Third Avenue Railway: Third Avenue Line
*Central Park, North and East River Railroad: First Avenue and East Belt Line, West Belt Line, and 59th Street Crosstown Line
*Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad: Avenue B Line and Canal and Grand Street Ferry Line
*Forty-Second Street, Manhattanville and St. Nicholas Avenue Railway: 42nd Street Crosstown Line? 125th Street Crosstown Line?? Broadway Branch Line??
*Kingsbridge Railway: Kingsbridge Line?
*One-Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Street Railroad?: 125th Street Crosstown Line
--NE2 04:40, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

message: This is from a Brooklyn Daily Eagle article on April 2, 1897 page 3. Line names were added by me. --NE2 10:41, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 1897 list of lines

message: This 1920 book has some information.
*Third Avenue Railroad, leased to Metropolitan Street Railway April 13, 1900
**One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street Railroad, leased to 3ARR December 1870; bought by 3ARR April 23, 1886
**Forty-Second Street, Manhattanville and St. Nicholas Avenue Railroad, bought by 3ARR November 1895; sold to MSRY soon; separated February 1, 1908; transferred to 3ARy March 1, 1912
**Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad, bought by 3ARR August 1897
**Kingsbridge Railway
**Union Railway, bought by 3ARR January 1898
***Harlem Bridge, Morrisania and Fordham Railway, merged into URy July 5, 1892
***North Third Avenue and Fleetwood Park Railway, merged into URy July 5, 1892
***Melrose and West Morrisania Railroad, merged into URy July 5, 1892
***Westchester Electric Railroad, bought by URy; leased by URy June 1, 1893? (connected NYC, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Bronxville, Tuckahoe, Larchmont, Pelham, and Pelham Manor; controlled by Third Avenue Railway)
****Mount Vernon and Eastchester Railway, merged into WERR July 2, 1893?
****New Rochelle Railway and Transit Company, merged into WERR July 2, 1893?
***Bronx Traction Company, URy operating agreement
****West Farms and Westchester Traction Company, bought by URy; merged into BTCo May 12, 1904
****Wakefield and Westchester Traction Company, bought by URy; merged into BTCo May 12, 1904
****Williamsbridge and Westchester Traction Company, bought by URy; merged into BTCo May 12, 1904
****Van Nest, West Farms and Westchester Traction Company, bought by URy; merged into BTCo May 12, 1904
****Suburban Traction Company, bought by URy; merged into BTCo May 12, 1904
***Southern Boulevard Railroad, bought by 3ARR; operated by URy
**Yonkers Railroad, bought by 3ARR 1898 (controlled by Third Avenue Railway)
**Tarrytown, White Plains and Mamaroneck Railway (became Westchester Street Railroad Mamaroneck to Tarrytown and White Plains to Scarsdale and Shore Line Electric Railroad Mamaroneck to Larchmont in 1909 - latter leased to former; controlled by NYNH&H)
*People's Traction Company
*New York, Westchester and Connecticut Traction Company
*Jerome Park Railway
*New York City Interborough Railway, bought by 3ARR 1912
:I kind of feel like there should be a template for all these lines and companies. ---------User:DanTD (talk)  13:09, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: "Family tree"

message: In its later years, the company name was Third Avenue Transit System.  How should this be worked into the article? n2xjk (talk) 20:30, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: TATS