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STATEN ISLAND HEAVY RAIL
Tracks at St. George Terminal |
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The St. George terminal is where passengers arriving by
ferry from Manhattan access the rail route. A lighted sign in that rather dingy
station indicates which of the multiple tracks will carry the next train out, and
identifies the train's
destination and local or express status.
Notwithstanding the line's lack of dedicated express tracks, there is
limited rush hour peak-direction service. And not all runs go the
full route length, thus there are multiple destinations. SIR is in the
minority of heavy rail routes in the country that operate around the
clock.
Until the early 1950s two other routes left from St. George. A
"North Shore" line took trains to Arlington. And South Beach
trains headed along the current route until veering off past the Clifton
station to head generally south toward Lower New York Bay. |
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