Bachmann station explained

Type:Former Staten Island Railway station
Bachmann
Line:South Beach Branch
Tracks:2
Platforms:2 side platforms
Address:Staten Island
Coordinates:40.6167°N -74.0717°W
Other Services Header:Former services

Bachmann was a station on the demolished South Beach Branch of the Staten Island Railway. Constructed in 1886 to serve the employees of Bachmann's Brewery, it had two tracks and two side platforms, and was located east of Tompkins Avenue, between Lynhurst and Chestnut Avenues.[1] During a grade crossing elimination project on the South Beach Branch, the railroad closed and razed the stop in 1937, due to its proximity to the Rosebank station and the fact that the brewery never reopened after Prohibition. Well after the closure of the Bachmann station, the rest of the South Beach Branch was abandoned in 1953, because of city-operated bus competition.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gary Owen's SIRT Page . Gary Owen Land . December 13, 2015.
  2. Web site: Gary Owen SIRT Page Part Two . Gary Owen Land . October 8, 2015.
  3. Book: Pitanza, Marc . Staten Island Rapid Transit Images of Rail . Arcadia Publishing . 2015 . 978-1-4671-2338-9.
  4. Book: Drury, George H. . The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: Histories, Figures, and Features of more than 160 Railroads Abandoned or Merged since 1930 . . 1994 . . 312–314 . 0-89024-072-8.
  5. News: The Old Order Passeth: Rails Surrender To Roads: Passenger Runs on Two Lines of SIRT Will End at Midnight. October 14, 2015. Staten Island Advance. March 31, 1953.