M5 and M55 buses

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Fifth/Sixth Avenues/Broadway Line
A 2021 Nova Bus LFS HEV (9902) on the Washington Heights-bound M5 Limited in May 2023
Overview
System	MTA Regional Bus Operations
Operator	Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority
Garage	Manhattanville Depot (M5) Michael J. Quill Depot (M55)
Vehicle	Orion VII NG HEV (M5 only) New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40 (M5 only) Nova Bus LFS HEV New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 (M55 only) New Flyer Xcelsior XE40 (M55 only)
Began service	1864 (train) 1893 (streetcar) 1936 (M5 bus) 2017 (M55 bus)
Route
Locale	Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Start	M5: Washington Heights – GW Bridge M55: 44th Street / 6th Avenue
Via	Fifth Avenue (southbound) Sixth Avenue (northbound) Broadway Riverside Drive (M5 only)
End	M5: 31st Street / 6th Avenue M55: South Ferry
Length	M5 SB: 8.5 miles (13.7 km)[1] M55 SB: 4.5 miles (7.2 km)[2]
Service
Operates	4:50 AM – 1:20 AM
Annual patronage	1,738,967 (M5, 2023) 515,422 (M55, 2023)[3]
Transfers	Yes (within 2 hours)
Timetable	M5 M55
Route map Legend Washington Heights – G.W. Bridge  M5  175th–176th Streets 173rd–174th Streets 171st–172nd Streets 170th Street 167th Street ​ 165th Street 163rd–164th Streets 161st–162nd Streets 159th–160th Streets 157th Street 155th Street 153rd Street 151st–152nd Streets 149th–150th Streets 147th Street 145th Street 143rd Street 141st–142nd Streets 139th–140th Streets 137th–138th Streets Manhattanville – 135th Street  M5  135th Street / Riverside Drive Tiemann Place 122nd Street 119th–120th Streets 116th Street 114th Street 112th Street 108th Street 106th Street 103rd–104th Streets 100th Street 97th Street 94th Street 91st Street 89th Street 86th–87th Streets 84th–85th Streets 82nd Street 79th–80th Streets 76th–77th Streets 73rd–74th Streets 72nd Street / West End Avenue 72nd Street / Broadway ​​ 70th Street 69th Street 68th Street 66th Street 63rd–64th Streets 61st Street ​​​ Central Park South / 7th Avenue Central Park South / 6th Avenue 58th Street ​​​​ 57th Street 55th Street 54th Street 52nd Street ​ 50th Street ​​​ 47th Street 45th Street Midtown – 44th Street  M55  42nd Street ​ ​​​ 39th–40th Streets 38th Street 36th Street 34th Street ​​​ ​​​ 33rd Street Midtown – 31st Street  M5  29th Street 27th Street 26th Street 23rd Street ​ 20th Street 18th Street 17th Street 14th Street ​ 12th Street 10th Street 8th Street / 5th Avenue 8th Street / University Place ​ 8th Street / Mercer Street Waverly Place 3rd Street ​​ ​​​ Bleecker Street ​ ​​​ West Houston Street Prince Street ​ Spring Street ​ Broome Street Grand Street West Broadway ​​ Walker Street ​ ​ ​​​ White Street Franklin Street Duane Street Chambers Street ​ Chambers Street ​ Warren Street Park Place ​ Vesey Street Cortlandt Street ​ ​ ​ ​ Liberty Street ​ Rector Street ​ Rector Street ​ Morris Street Bridge Street ​ South Ferry  M55  ​ Legend Local & Limited stops Local stops  M55  Terminus  LTD  M5 Limited buses make all stops between 72nd and 135th Streets and north of 157th Street.  M5  Select trips begin/end at 135th Street–Broadway. ​​ Subway connection PATH connection ← M4 ← M50  {{{system_nav}}}  M7 → M57 →

The M5 and M55 bus routes constitute a public transit corridor in Manhattan, New York City, running along the Fifth / Sixth Avenues / Riverside Drive Line as well as the southern portion of the Broadway Line after the discontinuation of the M6. The routes primarily run along Broadway, Fifth and Sixth Avenues, and Riverside Drive from South Ferry, Lower Manhattan to Washington Heights. The M5 covers the northern portion of the route north of 31st Street, while the M55 operates along the southern portion of the route south of 44th Street. The two routes overlap in Midtown Manhattan. The portion along Broadway south of East 8th Street was originally a streetcar line.

The whole line was a single route, the M5, until January 2017, when the M55 was created.