Route X
Surfside to Mall at 163rd Street via Sans Souci Blvd (1st and 2nd)
Lincoln Road Mall to Mall at 163rd Street via Collins Ave. and Sans Souci Blvd. (3rd)
VITAL STATS:
Division: Northeast (1st/2nd), Central or Northeast (3rd). (??????)
Sevrvice- First route unknown. Second route ran 9AM to 4PM, Third route unknown.
Headway- Second route every hour. First and third unknown.
First route was eliminated on June 15, 1986. It was restored on November 29, 1986 - this is the second route X. The route was once again re-eliminated on November 26, 1989. The it was re-restored on December 8, 1991- the Third route. This route was subsequently re-re-eliminated
Destination Signs-
FIRST, SECOND:
Eastbound- X SURFSIDE
Westbound-X 163 ST MALL
THIRD
Southbound- X LINCOLN RD
Northbound- X 163 ST MALL
Equipment used (Back then)- GMC/Flxible/AMGeneral New Look 'Fishbowls', RTS, Flxible Metro.
THE ROUTE ITSELF: This beach route has had the most dramatic history of perhaps any Metrobus route. The story, which is practically legend, is so buckwild that it has to have it's own page. Click here to read the tale.