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2009 Map of the Staten Island Railway, which includes the now-closed Nassau, Atlantic, and Richmond County Bank Ballpark stations, as well as the now-opened Arthur Kill station. The Staten Island Railway (formerly known as the Staten Island Rapid Transit) is a rapid transit system on Staten Island, New York.
History of the Staten Island Railway. A Staten Island Railway local train of R44s at the Oakwood Heights station. A plan from 1883 showing the planned routes of the North Shore and East Shore lines in addition to the then-existing line. The Staten Island Railway (SIR) is the only rapid transit line in the New York City borough of Staten Island ...
The new lines opened by the B&O were known as the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway, and the original line (from Clifton to Tottenville) was called the Staten Island Railway. [25] In 1886, Congress passed a law authorizing the construction of a 500-foot (150 m) swing bridge over Arthur Kill, after three years of effort by Wiman.
Richmond Valley. / 40.5196; -74.2293. The Richmond Valley station is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Richmond Valley, Staten Island, New York. Located at Richmond Valley Road and Amboy Road on the main line, the station is a mixture of open cut (below grade level) at the north end and grade level at the south end.
New Dorp. Staten Island Railway station (rapid transit) New Dorp station in September 2020. General information. Location. New Dorp Lane and North Railroad Avenue. New Dorp, Staten Island. Coordinates. 40°34′25″N 74°07′02″W / 40.5736°N 74.1171°W / 40.5736; -74.1171.
Clifton. The Clifton station is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Clifton, Staten Island, New York. This station was the original terminal of the Staten Island Railway from 1860 until 1886. The station was known as Vanderbilt's Landing, and was used as a transfer point for passengers going to Manhattan via ferries to South ...
The station opened toward the beginning of 1937, [1] [2] [4] likely during a grade crossing elimination project. The original name of the station was "Old Town Road"; the "Road" was dropped soon after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority assumed control of the Staten Island Railway from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1971 (the MTA concurrently shortened the name of the Huguenot Park ...
Stapleton. / 40.627889; -74.075139. The Stapleton station is an elevated Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Stapleton, Staten Island, New York, located at Bay Street and Prospect Street on the main line.