q2
q110 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Avenue-Hempstead Turnpike Lines | |||
 A Belmont Park-bound Q2 bus heading towards 225th Street | |||
| Overview | |||
| System | MTA Regional Bus Operations | ||
| Operator |
New York City Transit Authority (Q2) MTA Bus Company (Q110) | ||
| Garage |
Queens Village Depot (Q2) Baisley Park Depot (Q110) | ||
| Vehicle |
Nova Bus
LFS Orion VII OG HEV Orion VII NG HEV | ||
| Route | |||
| Locale | Queens, New York, U.S. | ||
| Communities served | Jamaica, Jamaica Estates, Hollis, Queens Village, Elmont, Nassau County | ||
| Start | Q2:
Q110:
| ||
| Via | Hillside Avenue, Hollis Avenue, Jamaica Avenue, Hempstead Avenue | ||
| End | Elmont, Nassau County – UBS Arena/ Belmont Park | ||
| Length | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) (Q2) 9.5 miles (15.3 km) (Q110) | ||
| Other routes | n6/ n6X, n1 | ||
| Service | |||
| Ridership | Q2: 343,092,963 (2022)
[1] Q110: 82,609,386 (2022) [1] | ||
| Transfers | Yes | ||
| Timetable | Q2 Q110 | ||
| |||
The Q2 and Q110 bus routes constitute a public transit corridor running along Hillside Avenue and Hollis Avenue on the Q2 bus route and Jamaica Avenue and Hempstead Avenue on the Q110 bus route in southeastern Queens, New York City.. The routes start running splited from each other. They both crossed together by terminating at UBS Arena and Belmont Park in Elmont, Nassau County.
History
The Q2 was originally operated by St. Albans Imp. in 1919 as DP&S Route 76.[ citation needed] The route was later operated by Bee Line Bus Company [2] and North Shore Bus Company.
The Q110 was formerly operated by Jamaica Buses. Originally Route A; replacement for Jamaica Avenue-Hempstead Turnpike trolley service on November 25, 1933. [3] [4] [5] [6] The original terminus was 168th Street station, [7] which was the former terminus of the surface line. [8]
Starting on May 2, 2007, during racing days, the Q2 and Q110 began to stop inside Belmont Park. [9] Service to UBS Arena/Belmont Park became full time upon the opening of the arena on January 2, 2022. [10]
References
- ^ a b "Facts and Figures". mta.info. August 28, 2011. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ^ Legislature, New York (State) (1934). New York Legislative Documents. p. 480.
- ^ "Pick Tentative Bus Operators; Queens Objects: BOard Selects North Shore and Jamaica Firms-Hearing July 10". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 19, 1931. p. 2. Retrieved October 12, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jamaica Buses To Inaugurate New Service: Ceremony Will Be Held Tomorrow in Opening Routes to Southeast". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 10, 1933. Retrieved October 13, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Company Profile". Jamaica Buses, Inc. Archived from the original on January 25, 2006. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
- ^ Seyfried, Vincent F. (1961). "Full text of "Story of the Long Island Electric Railway and the Jamaica Central Railways, 1894-1933 /"". archive.org. F. E. Reifschneider. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ "Strike Ties Up 3 Queens Bus Lines: 138 Quit Work, Leaving 40,000 Riders Stranded". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 29, 1941. Retrieved October 13, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ New York Times, New Subway Line: Affords a Five-Cent Fare Between Manhattan and Jamaica, L.I., July 7, 1918, page 30
-
^
"MTA NYC Transit Line Information". mta.info. July 2007. Archived from the original on July 15, 2007. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) - ^ "Q2 Bus Timetable". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 2, 2022. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
| Current local routes |
|  |
|---|---|---|
| Current express routes | ||
| Former routes | ||
q2
q110 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Avenue-Hempstead Turnpike Lines | |||
|
A Belmont Park-bound Q2 bus heading towards 225th Street | |||
| Overview | |||
| System | MTA Regional Bus Operations | ||
| Operator |
New York City Transit Authority (Q2) MTA Bus Company (Q110) | ||
| Garage |
Queens Village Depot (Q2) Baisley Park Depot (Q110) | ||
| Vehicle |
Nova Bus
LFS Orion VII OG HEV Orion VII NG HEV | ||
| Route | |||
| Locale | Queens, New York, U.S. | ||
| Communities served | Jamaica, Jamaica Estates, Hollis, Queens Village, Elmont, Nassau County | ||
| Start | Q2:
Q110:
| ||
| Via | Hillside Avenue, Hollis Avenue, Jamaica Avenue, Hempstead Avenue | ||
| End | Elmont, Nassau County – UBS Arena/ Belmont Park | ||
| Length | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) (Q2) 9.5 miles (15.3 km) (Q110) | ||
| Other routes | n6/ n6X, n1 | ||
| Service | |||
| Ridership | Q2: 343,092,963 (2022)
[1] Q110: 82,609,386 (2022) [1] | ||
| Transfers | Yes | ||
| Timetable | Q2 Q110 | ||
| |||
The Q2 and Q110 bus routes constitute a public transit corridor running along Hillside Avenue and Hollis Avenue on the Q2 bus route and Jamaica Avenue and Hempstead Avenue on the Q110 bus route in southeastern Queens, New York City.. The routes start running splited from each other. They both crossed together by terminating at UBS Arena and Belmont Park in Elmont, Nassau County.
History
The Q2 was originally operated by St. Albans Imp. in 1919 as DP&S Route 76.[ citation needed] The route was later operated by Bee Line Bus Company [2] and North Shore Bus Company.
The Q110 was formerly operated by Jamaica Buses. Originally Route A; replacement for Jamaica Avenue-Hempstead Turnpike trolley service on November 25, 1933. [3] [4] [5] [6] The original terminus was 168th Street station, [7] which was the former terminus of the surface line. [8]
Starting on May 2, 2007, during racing days, the Q2 and Q110 began to stop inside Belmont Park. [9] Service to UBS Arena/Belmont Park became full time upon the opening of the arena on January 2, 2022. [10]
References
- ^ a b "Facts and Figures". mta.info. August 28, 2011. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ^ Legislature, New York (State) (1934). New York Legislative Documents. p. 480.
- ^ "Pick Tentative Bus Operators; Queens Objects: BOard Selects North Shore and Jamaica Firms-Hearing July 10". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 19, 1931. p. 2. Retrieved October 12, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jamaica Buses To Inaugurate New Service: Ceremony Will Be Held Tomorrow in Opening Routes to Southeast". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 10, 1933. Retrieved October 13, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Company Profile". Jamaica Buses, Inc. Archived from the original on January 25, 2006. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
- ^ Seyfried, Vincent F. (1961). "Full text of "Story of the Long Island Electric Railway and the Jamaica Central Railways, 1894-1933 /"". archive.org. F. E. Reifschneider. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ "Strike Ties Up 3 Queens Bus Lines: 138 Quit Work, Leaving 40,000 Riders Stranded". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 29, 1941. Retrieved October 13, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ New York Times, New Subway Line: Affords a Five-Cent Fare Between Manhattan and Jamaica, L.I., July 7, 1918, page 30
-
^
"MTA NYC Transit Line Information". mta.info. July 2007. Archived from the original on July 15, 2007. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) - ^ "Q2 Bus Timetable". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 2, 2022. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
| Current local routes |
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| Current express routes | ||
| Former routes | ||