Talk:List of streetcar lines in Manhattan/Consolidation

Simple "family tree"

 * Metropolitan Traction Company, holding company; dissolved into MSRy September 16, 1897; at the end it had:
 * Metropolitan Street Railway (owned)
 * Thirty-fourth Street Crosstown Railway (owned)
 * Fulton Street Railroad (owned)
 * Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad (leased)
 * Twenty-third Street Railway (leased)
 * Central Park, North and East River Railroad (leased)
 * Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad (leased)
 * Ninth Avenue Railroad (limited lease)
 * Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad (limited lease)
 * Eighth Avenue Railroad (limited lease)
 * Sixth Avenue Railroad (limited lease)
 * New York and Harlem Railroad (limited lease)


 * New York City Railway, originally Interurban Street Railway; name changed February 10, 1904; transferred to receivers August 1, 1908; reorganized as New York Railways December 1911
 * Metropolitan Street Railway, formed December 12, 1893 by merger (owned by MTCo); leased to ISRy February 14, 1902
 * Broadway Railway, bought by MTCo October 1890; merged into MSRy December 12, 1893
 * South Ferry Railroad, originally South Ferry Railway; sold February 29, 1888; transferred March 11, 1889 to new company bought by MTCo January 3, 1889; merged into MSRy December 12, 1893
 * Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad, originally Avenue C Railroad; sold May 26, 1874; transferred June 9, 1874; bought by MTCo June 1886; merged into MSRy December 12, 1893
 * Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad, bought by MTCo June 1886; leased to HWS&PFRR May 13, 1890
 * Chambers Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad, bought by MTCo June 1886; merged into HWS&PFRR January 31, 1891
 * Sixth Avenue Railroad, leased to HWS&PFRR February 1, 1892 (not owned by MTCo)
 * Ninth Avenue Railroad, leased to HWS&PFRR March 12, 1892 (not owned by MTCo)
 * Twenty-third Street Railway, bought by MTCo March 1890; leased to HWS&PFRR April 25, 1893
 * Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad, leased to 23SRy January 10, 1876
 * Lexington Avenue and Pavonia Ferry Railroad, bought by MTCo May 1893; merged into MSRy May 28, 1894
 * Metropolitan Crosstown Railway, bought by MTCo March 1891; merged into MSRy May 28, 1894
 * Central Park, North and East River Railroad, minority bought by MTCo August 1892; leased to MCRy October 14, 1892; sold November 14, 1912 (operated by NYRys)
 * Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad, bought by MTCo March 1893; leased to MCRy April 6, 1893
 * Fulton Street Railroad, originally North and East River Railroad; transferred November 1, 1895 to new company bought by MTCo October 1895; operating agreement February 19, 1896; abandoned June 1, 1908
 * Columbus and Ninth Avenue Railroad, bought by MTCo May 1893; merged into MSRy November 12, 1895
 * New York and Harlem Railroad City Line, leased to MSRy June 11, 1896
 * Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Streets Crosstown Railroad, originally Twenty-eighth and Thirtieth Street Railroad; changed to Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Street Railroad September 25, 1885; sold September 30, 1896; bought by MTCo October 1896; canceled October 1, 1908; sold January 4, 1912 and reorganized as Mid-Crosstown Railway; sold to 3ARy
 * Eighth Avenue Railroad, leased to MSRy November 23, 1895
 * Thirty-fourth Street Crosstown Railway, owned by MTCo with an operating agreement December 21, 1896
 * Thirty-fourth Street Ferry and Eleventh Avenue Railroad, bought by MTCo April 1893; merged into 34SCRy March 1896
 * Thirty-fourth Street Railroad, leased to 34SF&11ARR April 23, 1889; merged into 34SCRy March 1896
 * Second Avenue Railroad, leased to MSRy January 28, 1898
 * Fort George and Eleventh Avenue Railroad, owned by MSRy since its creation on November 21, 1898; franchise granted December 5, 1899 for the Boulevard (Broadway) from 130th Street to 182nd Street (later 175th Street?) and along 145th Street from Broadway to the new power house (146th Street and Lenox Avenue, presumably), operating agreement November 1, 1905
 * Third Avenue Railroad, leased to MSRy April 13, 1900; separated January 6, 1908; sold March 1, 1910 and reorganized as Third Avenue Railway
 * 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
 * For details see Talk:Third Avenue Railway
 * Central Crosstown Railroad, leased to MSRy February 8, 1904
 * Christopher and Tenth Street Railroad, leased to CCRR April 26, 1890


 * Hudson River Railroad City Line

Evolution of the Metropolitan's lines

 * Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad, Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad, and Chambers Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad, June 1886
 * Avenue C Line, Broadway and University Place Line, Seventh Avenue Line, Chambers and Madison Streets Crosstown Line, Chambers Street Crosstown Line
 * Pitt and Ridge Streets Branch (franchised September 1892)
 * South Ferry Railroad, March 1889
 * South Ferry and Vesey Street Line
 * Twenty-third Street Railway and Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad, March 1890
 * 23rd Street Crosstown Line, Bleecker Street Line
 * Broadway Railway, October 1890
 * Broadway Line (opened May 1893)
 * Metropolitan Crosstown Railway, March 1891
 * Metropolitan Crosstown Line to Desbrosses Street and 14th Street Ferries
 * Combinations: University Place Line (Grand Street Ferry to Union Square), Avenue C Line moved via Watts and Washington/Greenwich
 * Sixth Avenue Railroad, February 1892
 * Sixth Avenue Line, Lenox Avenue Line
 * Combinations: extended to South Ferry, Sixth Avenue Ferry Line
 * Ninth Avenue Railroad, March 1892
 * Ninth Avenue Line
 * Combinations: Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue Line, Sixth and Amsterdam Avenues Line, Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue Line
 * 53rd Street Crosstown Line (franchised 1892)
 * Central Park, North and East River Railroad, October 1892
 * East Belt Line, West Belt Line, 59th Street Crosstown Line
 * Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad, March 1893
 * 42nd and Grand Streets Line
 * Combinations: 14th Street Crosstown Line
 * Thirty-fourth Street Ferry and Eleventh Avenue Railroad, April 1893
 * 34th Street Crosstown Line
 * Lexington Avenue and Pavonia Ferry Railroad, May 1893
 * Broadway and Lexington Avenue Line, 116th Street Crosstown Line
 * Columbus and Ninth Avenue Railroad, May 1893
 * Broadway and Columbus Avenue Line
 * Combinations: Ninth and Columbus Avenues Line
 * Fulton Street Railroad, November 1895
 * Fulton Street Crosstown Line
 * Eighth Avenue Railroad, November 1895
 * Eighth Avenue Line
 * Combinations:
 * extended to South Ferry, moved to West Broadway, using South Ferry Railway, Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad, Metropolitan Crosstown Railway, Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad, Central Park, North and East River Railroad (West Broadway between Vesey and Fulton)
 * Canal Street Crosstown Line
 * New York and Harlem Railroad City Line, June 1896
 * Fourth and Madison Avenues Line, 86th Street Crosstown Line
 * Combinations: Brooklyn via Metropolitan Crosstown Railway
 * Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Streets Crosstown Railroad, October 1896
 * 28th and 29th Streets Crosstown Line
 * Second Avenue Railroad, January 1898
 * Second Avenue Line, First Avenue Line, Astoria Line
 * Combinations: rerouted East 34th Street Branch of 23rd Street Crosstown Line, Fourth and Madison Avenues Line to Astor Place
 * Third Avenue Railroad, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street Railroad, Forty-Second Street, Manhattanville and St. Nicholas Avenue Railroad, Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad, and Kingsbridge Railway, April 1900
 * Broadway Branch Line, Kingsbridge Line, Avenue D Line, Avenue B Line, Third Avenue Line, Third and Amsterdam Avenues Line, Tenth Avenue Branch Line, Grand Street Line, 42nd Street Crosstown Line, 110th Street Crosstown Line, 125th Street Crosstown Line
 * Combinations: Broadway Branch Line extended south, Seventh Avenue and Fort Lee Ferry Line, Sixth and Amsterdam Avenues Line extended
 * Central Crosstown Railroad and Christopher and Tenth Street Railroad, February 1904
 * 17th and 18th Streets Crosstown Line, Eighth Street Crosstown Line
 * Combinations: Seventh Avenue and Brooklyn Line, Ninth Avenue Line to Christopher Street Ferry, Christopher and 23rd Streets Line (relocation of 17th and 18th Streets Crosstown Line after that was cut back to University Place), Eighth Street Crosstown Line to Brooklyn via 42nd Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad (and Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad?)

Post-bankruptcy history

 * Stayed with New York Railways
 * Sixth Avenue Railroad, February 1, 1892 lease remained
 * Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad, May 13, 1890 lease remained
 * Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad, January 10, 1876 lease to the Twenty-third Street Railway remained
 * Christopher and Tenth Street Railroad, April 26, 1890 lease to Central Crosstown Railroad remained
 * Central Crosstown Railroad, owned majority of stock
 * Twenty-third Street Railway, April 25, 1893 lease remained
 * Thirty-fourth Street Crosstown Railway, owned the entire stock; December 21, 1896 operating agreement remained
 * Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad, April 6, 1893 lease remained
 * Fort George and Eleventh Avenue Railroad, owned the entire stock
 * Bridge Operating Company, owned half of the stock
 * Brooklyn and North River Railroad, owned one-quarter of the stock


 * Third Avenue Railway
 * Third Avenue Railroad
 * One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street Railroad?
 * Forty-Second Street, Manhattanville and St. Nicholas Avenue Railroad
 * Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad
 * Kingsbridge Railway
 * Central Park, North and East River Railroad
 * Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Streets Crosstown Railroad


 * Eighth and Ninth Avenues Railway
 * Eighth Avenue Railroad, November 23, 1895 lease remained for a while
 * Ninth Avenue Railroad, March 12, 1892 lease remained for a while


 * Other independent companies
 * Second Avenue Railroad
 * New York and Harlem Railroad City Line, June 11, 1896 lease remained for a while


 * Abandoned
 * Fulton Street Railroad