South Beach (Staten Island Railway station)

South Beach
Former Staten Island Railway rapid transit station

1907 Borough Hall survey South Beach
Station statistics
Borough Staten Island
Locale South Beach
Coordinates 40°35′27″N 74°04′04″W / 40.590972°N 74.067639°W / 40.590972; -74.067639 (South Beach Station)Coordinates: 40°35′27″N 74°04′04″W / 40.590972°N 74.067639°W / 40.590972; -74.067639 (South Beach Station)
Line South Beach Branch
Services none
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 1890
Closed March 31, 1953
Station succession

Preceding station   Staten Island Railway   Following station
toward Clifton
South Beach Branch
closed
Terminus

South Beach was a station on the demolished South Beach Branch of the Staten Island Railway. It had two tracks and two side platforms, and was located at Sand Lane and Oceanside Avenue.

This station was the last stop on the South Beach Branch until the opening of the Wentworth Avenue in 1925, when the South Beach Branch was electrified.[1][2] The ticket agent at South Beach controlled the lights for Wentworth Avenue.[2] This station was abandoned when the SIRT discontinued passenger service on the South Beach Branch to Wentworth Abenue at midnight on March 31, 1953 because of city-operated bus competition.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Bommer, Edward (2003). Stations and Places Along the Staten Island Rapid Transit. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gary Owen SIRT Page Part Two". Gary Owen Land. 1937-04-20. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  3. ↑ Pitanza, Marc (2015). Staten Island Rapid Transit Images of Rail. Arcadia Pubishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-2338-9.
  4. ↑ Drury, George H. (1994). The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: Histories, Figures, and Features of more than 160 Railroads Abandoned or Merged since 1930. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. pp. 312–314. ISBN 0-89024-072-8.
  5. ↑ "The Old Order Passeth: Rails Surrender To Roads: Passenger Runs on Two Lines of SIRT Will End at Midnight". Staten Island Advance. March 31, 1953. Retrieved 14 October 2015.


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