List of Staten Island Railway stations

2009 Map of the Staten Island Railway, which includes the now closed Richmond County Bank Ballpark station.

The Staten Island Railway (also known as Staten Island Rapid Transit) is a rapid transit system on Staten Island, New York. Its operator has been the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York since 1971, whereas prior to that year it was owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Main Line

This list contains all stations currently open on the Staten Island Railway. Nearly all active SIRT stations are located on the Main Line, which spans from Tottenville Station to the St. George Ferry Terminal. Stations tend to be built either above ground level on embankments or are open-cut stations built below ground level, but open to the sky.

Station is accessible by wheelchair[1]
Name Opened Closed Other names Connections/Notes
Annadale Circa 1860
1939		 present
Arthur Kill Expected to open 2015 under construction
Atlantic 1860 present To be closed when Arthur Kill station is completed
Bay Terrace 1860 present
Clifton 1860 present
Dongan Hills 1860 present
Eltingville 1860 present Bus to Eltingville Transit Center and Staten Island Mall
Great Kills 1860 present
Grant City 1860 present
Grasmere 1860 present S53 bus to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Huguenot Circa 1860 present Huguenot Park
Jefferson Avenue 1860 present
Nassau after 1921 present To be closed when Arthur Kill station is completed
New Dorp 1860 present
Oakwood Heights 1860 present
Old Town 1860 present Old Town Road
Pleasant Plains Circa 1860 present
Prince's Bay Circa 1860 present Princes Bay
Richmond Valley 1860 present Site of the former West Shore Line
St. George 1884 present Staten Island Ferry
Stapleton 1884 present
Tompkinsville 1884 present
Tottenville 1860 present

Disused and former stations

The majority of former stations are located on the North Shore Branch and South Beach Branch, which were closed to passenger service at midnight on Tuesday March 31, 1953. A small western portion of the North Shore Branch is used for freight service, and a smaller eastern portion of the same branch provided seasonal service to the RCB Ballpark (where the Staten Island Yankees play) passenger station from 2001 to 2009. Restoration is being discussed along this mostly abandoned 6.1-mile (9.8 km) line as part of the Staten Island light rail plan.[2] The South Shore Branch was abandoned and demolished except for a remaining stanchion on St. John's Avenue and the Robin Road Trestle.[3][4] This 4.1-mile (6.6 km) line left the Main Line south of the Clifton station and lay to the east of the Main Line.

Name Line Opened Closed Distance from St. George
Arlington North Shore Branch c. 1884 1953 5.2 miles (8.4 km)
Arrochar South Beach Branch c. 1886 1953 3.2 miles (5.1 km)
Bachmann South Beach Branch c. 1880 1937 2.0 miles (3.2 km)
Belair Road South Beach Branch c. 1886 1953 2.5 miles (4.0 km)
Cedar Avenue South Beach Branch c. 1925 1953 3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Elm Park North Shore Branch c. 1884 1953 3.9 miles (6.3 km)
Fort Wadsworth South Beach Branch c. 1886 1953 2.7 miles (4.3 km)
Gulfport Travis Branch 1953
Harbor Road North Shore Branch c. 1936 1953 4.9 miles (7.9 km)
Lake Avenue North Shore Branch c. 1936 1953 4.3 miles (6.9 km)
Livingston North Shore Branch c. 1884 1953 1.8 miles (2.9 km)
Mariners Harbor North Shore Branch c. 1884 1953 4.6 miles (7.4 km)
Mount Loretto Orphanage Mount Loretto Branch[5][6] c. 1885 1950
New Brighton North Shore Branch c. 1884 1953 0.7 miles (1.1 km)
Page Avenue West Shore Branch
Port Ivory North Shore Branch c. 1925 1950? 6.1 miles (9.8 km)
Port Richmond North Shore Branch c. 1884 1953 3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Richmond County Bank Ballpark North Shore Branch 2001 2010 150 yards (140 m)
Rosebank South Beach Branch c. 1886 1953 2.1 miles (3.4 km)
Sailors' Snug Harbor North Shore Branch c. 1884 1953 1.2 miles (1.9 km)
South Beach South Beach Branch c. 1886 1953 3.9 miles (6.3 km)
Tower Hill North Shore Branch c. 1884 1953 3.4 miles (5.5 km)
Travis Travis Branch 1953
Wentworth Avenue South Beach Branch c. 1925 1953 4.1 miles (6.6 km)
West Brighton North Shore Branch c. 1884 1953 2.4 miles (3.9 km)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "MTA Guide to Accessible Transit: Accessible Stations in the MTA Network". New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
  2. ↑ Yates, Maura; Helsel, Phil (July 12, 2008). "Reality check for Staten Island's rail plans". Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  3. ↑ "Gary Owen’s S.I.R.T. South Beach Line Page". Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  4. ↑ "Gary Owen’s S.I.R.T. South Beach Line Page". p. 2. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  5. ↑ "Gary Owen’s SIRT Page". gretschviking.net.
  6. ↑ Staten Island Rapid Transit: The Essential History, by Irvin Leigh & Paul Matus (The Third Rail Online)

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