Staten Island is unique among the five boroughs of New York City. It is more isolated than the other five boroughs, and until the opening of the Verrazano Bridge on November 21, 1964, it was only directly connected to Manhattan and the rest of New York City by ferry services.
While Staten Island, despite many plans to do so, remains unconnected to the rest of New York via rapid transit (express bus services do exist), it has had its own “railroad” for many years. This chapter explores the background and history of the Staten Island Rapid Transit, and its impact on the island itself.
The Staten Island Rapid Transit
Springer Tracts on Transportation, Traffic
2013-01-01
26 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Electric rapid transit inaugurated on Staten island
Engineering Index Backfile | 1925
Control equipments in operation on Staten Island rapid transit cars
Engineering Index Backfile | 1926
|Traction power substation equipment for Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority
Tema Archive | 1984
|Doubletrack Trunnion Bascule Bridge over Bodine Creek, Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway
Engineering Index Backfile | 1908
Engineering Index Backfile | 1908
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