Talk:Sixth Avenue Line (Manhattan surface)

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The branch on Canal Street to Broadway was open by March 26, 1853: [1]

"Two elegant new cars have been placed on the Broadway branch of the Sixth-Avenue Railroad. They are superior specimens of workmanship, and so easy that a carriage would scarcely be more thoroughly comfortable. Spring seats, lined roof, earved work about the windows, and a general neatness of finish, are peculiar improvements. The Broadway and Canal-street branch of this road is doing a good business, and is popular."

--NE2 10:22, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Merger with Fifth and Sixth Avenues Line article

Latest comment: 4 years ago4 comments4 people in discussion

Okay, so I know this article hasn't been touched in three years, but...

Does anyone think this article should be merged into the Fifth and Sixth Avenues Line article? Since the M55 and M5 routes essentially cover this area.

PrecipiceofDuck (talk) 21:46, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

I think it's quite helpful to have separate articles for defunct lines; it makes them easier to categorise and to find. Also, the Fifth and Sixth Avenues Line article already has a "History" section which doesn't mention the Sixth Avenue Line much. It might be quite difficult to incorporate this article into that section. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 07:04, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

@PrecipiceofDuck and Epicgenius: I think that this makes sense. This is clearly the precursor route "The Fifth and Sixth Avenues Line (M5/M55) follows the same route as the former Sixth Avenue Line".

@PrecipiceofDuck, Kew Gardens 613, and Michael Bednarek: It seems like these are two separate lines. One ran along Fifth Avenue in both directions, while the other ran along Sixth Avenue in multiple directions. However, both of these lines appear to have been merged into the M5 as well as what's now the M55. It looks like the M55 itself is the successor to the M6, except both the present-day M5 and M55 are shorter than the pre-2010 M5 and M6. epicgenius (talk) 17:05, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

Closing, given no consensus for any particular action, and discussion stale for more than a year. Klbrain (talk) 08:13, 16 October 2019 (UTC)