Grasmere station explained

Grasmere
Type: Staten Island Railway station (rapid transit)
Style:Staten Island Railway
Platforms:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Connections: NYCT Bus:
Structure:Open-cut
Code:505
Address:Clove Road and Giles Place
Grasmere, Staten Island
Coordinates:40.6035°N -74.0838°W
Opened:c. 1886
Map State:collapsed
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-metro
Zoom:15

The Grasmere station is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Grasmere, Staten Island, New York. It is located at Clove Road on the Main Line.

History

The station opened in 1886 for a cost of $555.35.[1]

Rehabilitation of Grasmere station began on May 21, 2012. The construction included demolition and rebuilding of the station platform and station house. A temporary platform and entrance were built north of the main station. Construction was finished in April 2014.[2] [3] [4]

Station layout

The platform is located in an open cut and has glass block and concrete windscreens attached to the canopy supports.

The Grasmere crossover, consisting of two manual switches, was located just past the Fingerboard Road overpass north of the station, but has since been removed. North of this station, the line merges with the abandoned South Beach Branch. The branch was closed on March 31, 1953 due to poor ridership and the SIRT's financial issues.[5] [6] [7]

GStreet levelExit/entrance, parking, buses
P
Platform level
Southbound← toward or
← rush hour express does not stop here
Northbound toward
AM rush express does not stop here →

Exit

The Grasmere station's only exit is at the north end of the station, and leads to the southern side of Clove Road. This station had the original brick station house from the 1933 grade separation project, located over the Tottenville-bound track at the south end of the line, however it was demolished and replaced with a modern headhouse in the 2010's. The building is open only during the morning rush hour.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: New York (State). Board of Railroad Commissioners. 1886. Volume 2. December 6, 2015.
  2. News: Major repairs on the way for Staten Island Railway. Sedon. Michael. May 18, 2012. SILive.com. December 24, 2017. en-US.
  3. http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/SIR_MajRepairs.htm MTA Grasmere Station Getting Major Repairs
  4. News: Staten Island Railway construction at Grasmere means weekend detour. Sedon. Michael. July 11, 2012. SILive.com. December 24, 2017. en-US.
  5. Book: Pitanza, Marc . Staten Island Rapid Transit Images of Rail . Arcadia Publishing . 2015 . 978-1-4671-2338-9.
  6. Web site: Leigh . Irvin . Matus . Paul . Staten Island Rapid Transit: The Essential History . thethirdrail.net . The Third Rail Online . June 27, 2015 . January 2002 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150530063638/http://www.thethirdrail.net/0201/sirt1.html . May 30, 2015 .
  7. 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.