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Green Bus Lines, also referred to simply as Green Lines, was a private bus company in New York City, United States, managed most recently by the late Jerome Cooper (August 14, 1928 - May 20, 2015 aged 86), operating local service in Queens and express service to Manhattan until January 9, 2006, when the city-operated MTA Bus Company took over its routes. Green Bus Lines routes primarily operated in the Jamaica, Ozone Park, Howard Beach, and Rockaway areas of Queens, along with service to the passenger and cargo areas of John F. Kennedy International Airport.〔〔 At the time of its closure, Green Lines operated more local and limited bus routes than any other private company in the city. Stockholders of Green Bus Lines also held control of other private bus companies in Queens and Brooklyn as Transit Alliance. These companies were Triboro Coach, Jamaica Buses, and Command Bus Company, all of which were absorbed into MTA operations.〔 The company reorganized as GTJ Reit Inc., a real estate investment trust, shortly after MTA takeover. ==History== The company was incorporated on April 3, 1925 by William Cooper (1895-1985, aged 90) to provide local service in several boroughs. It acquired several Manhattan routes (including the current M22, M50, M79, M86, and M96) in 1933, but these were transferred to the Comprehensive Omnibus Corporation in 1935 and New York City Omnibus Corporation in 1936, and Green obtained new franchises in southeast Queens.〔(www.nycsubway.org: Local Bus Companies of Manhattan )〕 Green also acquired the Manhattan and Queens Bus Corporation, which had operated the ex-Manhattan and Queens Traction Company Queens Boulevard Line into Manhattan since 1937, in 1943. Green stockholders acquired two other transit companies that continued to operate independently, Triboro Coach Corporation and Jamaica Buses; jointly these three companies formed Command Bus Company to take over the routes that had been operated by Pioneer Bus Corporation. The QM23 was started in the 1950s to replace Long Island Rail Road service to the Brooklyn Manor station on the Rockaway Beach Branch. It was discontinued in 2010. Four more express routes began operation in the 1970s. ==Bus routes== Just prior to MTA Bus takeover, Green Bus lines operated the following routes, which mostly continued to be based in Far Rockaway Bus Depot〔(Green Lines #951, at the Rockaway Boulevard garage in 1988, by Mel Bernero (BusTalk U.S. Surface Transportation Galleries) )〕 and John F. Kennedy Bus Depot:〔(Green Bus Lines, Inc. ) (accessed January 19, 2007)〕 Hubs for Green Lines operations included 165th Street Bus Terminal in Jamaica, the Mott Avenue subway station in Far Rockaway, and several stations in the IND Queens Boulevard Line. ;Queens local *Q6 Sutphin Boulevard *Q7 Rockaway Boulevard and Pitkin Avenue *Q8 101st Avenue *Q9 Lincoln Street *Q10 Lefferts Boulevard and Rockaway Boulevard Local/Limited to JFK Airport's Central Terminal Areas *Q11/Q21 (Formerly Q11 only) Woodhaven Boulevard to Hamilton Beach and Howard Beach. Q21 now used for Woodhaven Boulevard service to Howard Beach via Lindenwood *Q21A Far Rockaway - East New York, via Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Linden Boulevard (discontinued 1989) *Q22 Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach Channel Drive *Q22A Mott Avenue (one trip in peak direction daily between Bayswater and Far Rockaway) *Q35 Newport Avenue and Flatbush Avenue (Brooklyn) *Q37 111th Street *Q40 142nd Street *Q41 127th Street *Q52 (Formerly the old Q21 Cross Bay Blvd.) Woodhaven & Cross Bay Boulevards and Arverne Limited *Q60 Queens Boulevard *Q89 (Formerly Q9A) Linden Boulevard and Lincoln Street (Discontinued June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis) ;Queens-Manhattan express *QM15 Midtown Manhattan - Lindenwood Express *QM16 Midtown Manhattan - Rockaway Park Express *QM17 Midtown Manhattan - Far Rockaway Express *QM18 Midtown Manhattan - South Ozone Park Express, via Lefferts Blvd. *QM23 Midtown Manhattan - Brooklyn Manor Express (Discontinued June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Green Bus Lines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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