This station is about 150 yards west of St. The newest station on SIRT, Ball Park, opened inĢ001. Richmond Valley, Nassau and Atlantic are black paint stenciled on Signs identical to those used in the subway system are used at all butĪ handful of stations (Tompkinsville, with no signage Stapleton, Near exits (which are generally at the south end of the station). George have vapor lighting and canopies only Georgeĭirection- presumably to avoid fare payment.Īll stations south of St. Have a large number of exiting passengers in the St. To that end, the Tompkinsville station seems to George, as no other stations haveįare control systems. Sells New York City Transit MetroCards and is staffed by SIRTOAĮmployees rather than NYCT employees. With Metrocard or bus transfer Metrocard). The train at intermediate stations with the advent of the MetroCard,įare is charged only for boarding or alighting at St. In the past, the train fare was paid at St. The railway uses continuous welded rail and Station the tracks enter a tunnel but the north end is open air (with One of the few remaining ferry, bus, and railroad terminals in the Is the tail leg of a wye, used for non-revenue moves.) St. Tottenville, and two served the abandoned North Shore line. Nine of the tracks are active for service to Track Map (1949, w/North Shore and South Beach Branches) Rail service on Staten Island is far from certain. Industries intend to ship and recieve by rail, still, the future of Proposed for the Port Ivory Proctor & Gamble plant. Of the Fresh Kills landfill, a garbage transfer station is being The Howland Hook container port hasīeen re-opened, and a paper recycling plant has located at the TravisĮnd of the North Shore line. Of the AK lift bridge across the Arthur Kill, the longest vertical Was recently let to rehabilitatate the electrical and control systems Port Ivory Proctor & Gamble plant shut down in 1990.) A contract (Freight service on the island ended in 1990 when the To purchase the line from AK Bridge to St. Hook container port as a NY-area terminal. The New Jersey section of the North Shore line, Cranford Juction-AKīridge was purchased by NJDOT, and CP Rail is looking at the Howland The Verrazano Bridge toll plazaĭestroyed a large part of the right-of-way. Several bridges where the lineĬrossed streets were removed, and one section of the right-of-way hasĪctually had houses built on it. Over the North Shore line remain, and were recently rebuilt by NYC George-Wentworth Ave) was eliminated in 1953. George, Staten Island via the North Shore line,Īnd then on to Tottenville or South Beach. The operation of the original Staten Island Railroad was from Cranford George the lineĬurrently has the original B&O color position-light signals. A signal project has beenįunded to reverse-signal the line from Hugenot to St. Of 17 stations, with Atlantic (1 car-length), Nassau (4 car-lenghts)Īnd Richmond Valley (4 car-lengths short). Ohio Railroad from 1899 until 1971, when passenger service was takenĪ recently completed station lengthening project extended the length The line was operated as a subsidiary company of the Baltimore and There are shops for passenger equipment nearĬlifton Station, and for maintenance and other vehicles near Tottenville Station at the southern (western) terminus has a 3-track The US), has 12 tracks, 9 that are used for regular service. George terminal (one of the few remaining boat-train links in Tottenville-bound trains areĮastbound because Tottenville was the end of the generally west toĮast North Shore line that came across the bridge from New Jersey. SIRT, now known as MTA Staten Island Railway (SIR) is a 14 Mile, 21
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