in 1897. On July 1, 1896, the Metropolitan Street Railway leased the streetcar lines. Receivership and conversion to bus operation The New York City Railway, which leased the Metropolitan, and hence also these lines, went into receivership on September 24, 1907. The receivers returned operation of the Fourth Avenue line back to the Metropolitan Street Railway on July 31, 1908. The lease was terminated on January 31, 1920, with operation returned to the NY&H. On October 10, 1932, it was leased again, this time to the New York Railways Corporation, with the right to convert the line to bus operation. The stockholders voted to do this on February 19, 1934. An approximation of the route is now traveled by NYCT Bus's M1 bus. The Murray Hill Tunnel now carries a lane of roadway, but not the buses. See also Harlem Line References Railroad History Database General News, New York Times December 15, 1863 page 4 Our City Railroads, New York Times December 26, 1865 page 8 Local News in Brief, New York Times November 1, 1871 page 8 Quicker Surface Transit, New York Times December 6, 1896 page 16 New York & Harlem Intact for Century, New York Times May 25, 1930 page 39 External links 1863 Harlem Railway Speculation Affair References Defunct New York (state) railroads Predecessors of the New York Central Railroad Rail transportation in New York City Streetcar lines in Manhattan Railroads transferred to Conrail Railway companies established in 1831 Railway companies disestablished in 1976 Railroads controlled by the Vanderbilt family American companies established in 1831 Subdivisions of the New York Central Railroad