Staten Island Railway
Staten Island Railway (officially MTA Staten Island Railway, known as Staten Island Rapid Transit [SIRT] until 1994), is a transit rail line in the borough of Staten Island, New York. It was originally a part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Staten Island Railway originally had three lines: A main north-south line covering the island end-to-end, a North Shore Branch with connections to New Jersey, and a South Beach Branch. Today, only the north-south Main Line is in service. The South Beach Branch closed in 1952 (its right-of-way has since been de-mapped and the tracks have been removed), and the North Shore Branch saw its last freight train in 1990, having ceased passenger operations in 1953 (although the tracks still exist). The New York City Transit Authority purchased and took over the line in 1971. The terminal station at St. George provides a direct connection to the Staten Island Ferry. In 2001, a small section of the North Shore branch was reopened to serve the new Richmond County Bank Ballpark, home of the Staten Island Yankees; plans to reopen the remainder of the branch, to both freight and passenger service, are being studied, with one plan calling for the line to resume operations between St. George and Port Ivory by 2015.
Fare is $2. Fares are paid on entry and exit only at St. George and Ball Park (and in the case of the latter, only on trains to Tottenville, not St. George), rides between other stations are free.
Stations on Main Line:
- Ball Park (Richmond County Bank Ballpark)
- St. George (Staten Island Ferry Terminal)
- Tompkinsville
- Stapleton
- Clifton
- Grasmere
- Old Town
- Dongan Hills
- Jefferson Avenue
- Grant City
- New Dorp
- Oakwood Heights
- Bay Terrace
- Great Kills
- Eltingville
- Annadale
- Huguenot (formerly Huguenot Park)
- Prince's Bay
- Pleasant Plains
- Richmond Valley
- Nassau
- Atlantic
- Tottenville
Ball Park is only open for events at the minor league park and is served either by trains that run from St. George as a shuttle, or trains that stop at every other stop except for St. George.
Stations on North Shore Branch (closed in 1953):
- St. George
- New Brighton
- Sailors Snug Harbor
- Livingston
- West Brighton
- Port Richmond
- Tower Hill
- Elm Park
- Lake Avenue
- Mariners Harbor
- Harbor Road
- Arlington
- Port Ivory (formerly Milliken)
Stations on South Beach Branch (closed in 1952):
- Rosebank
- Belair Road
- Fort Wadsworth
- Arrochar
- Cedar Avenue
- South Beach
- Wentworth Avenue