South Beach station explained

Type:	Former Staten Island Railway station
South Beach
Line:	South Beach Branch
Tracks:	2
Platforms:	2 side platforms
Address:	South Beach, Staten Island
Coordinates:	40.591°N -74.0676°W
Other Services Header:	Former services

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. This station was abandoned when the SIRT discontinued passenger service on the entire South Beach Branch at midnight on March 31, 1953, because of city-operated bus competition.^{[3] [4] [5]}

External links

• http://www.gretschviking.net/GOSIRTPage1.htm

Notes and References

1. Book: Bommer. Edward. Stations and Places Along the Staten Island Rapid Transit. 2003. November 19, 2015.
2. Web site: Gary Owen SIRT Page Part Two . Gary Owen Land . April 20, 1937 . 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.