Tompkinsville station

Coordinates: 40°38′12″N 74°04′29″W / 40.6368°N 74.0748°W / 40.6368; -74.0748
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Tompkinsville
S98
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station code502
History
OpenedJuly 31, 1884[1]
Services
Preceding station Staten Island Railway Following station
St. George
Terminus
 Stapleton
toward Tottenville

The Tompkinsville station is a

St. George
.

History

This station opened on July 31, 1884, with the extension of the SIRT from Vanderbilt's Landing (now Clifton) to Tompkinsville.[1]

Station layout

The station is located at grade with an island platform and two tracks. All staircases go up to overpasses at both ends of the station.

M Station house Exit/entrance, fare control, overpass to street
G Bypass track ← No passenger service
Southbound ← toward Tottenville (Stapleton)
← rush hour express does not stop here
Island platform
Northbound →
St. George (Terminus) →
→ AM rush express does not stop here →
→ (No service: Richmond County Bank Ballpark
)

Exits

The north entrance leads to Victory Boulevard, where an overpass leads west to Bay Street and east to Joseph H. Lyons Pool. There is a parking lot adjacent to the southbound track at Victory Boulevard.[2] The south entrance leads to Hannah Street. There is a third track adjacent to the southbound track at the southern end of the station; it is part of the Tompkinsville Non-Revenue Repair Shop, which contains barns on both sides of the line and is south of this station.[3][2] The shop was repaired in the 1990s, with the contract awarded in May 1994 for $1,969,777. As part of the project, a 4,000 square foot addition was made to the facility, the existing freight house was demolished, the interior of the shop building was renovated, and the area in front of the building was paved.[4]: C-88 

Because one-fifth of passengers transferring to the

St. George (located 0.5 miles (0.8 km) away),[5] it was estimated that the Staten Island Railway was losing $3.4 million a year due to fare avoidance. Therefore, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority closed the Victory Boulevard entrance on August 28, 2008.[6][7] A new $6.9 million station house was built, which included turnstiles for both entering and exiting customers; it opened on January 20, 2010.[8] The Hannah Street entrance on the station's south end is now used only for emergencies.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Irvin Leigh and Paul Matus (December 23, 2001). "SIRT The Essential History". p. 6. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Map of NYC Subway Entrances". NYC Open Data. City of New York. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  3. ^ Office of Diane J. Savino (2013). "State Senator Diane J. Savino's 2013 Staten Island Railway Rider Report" (PDF). nysenate.gov. New York State Senate. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  4. ^ NYC Transit Committee Agenda May 1994. New York City Transit. May 16, 1994.
  5. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  6. ^ "Fare-saving walk now less of a bargain for Staten Island commuters". silive.com. Staten Island Advance. August 28, 2008. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  7. ^ Mooney, Jake (September 5, 2008). "S.I. Railway to Close Walking Loophole". City Room. The New York Times. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Tompkinsville Fare Collection Begins On Staten Island Railway". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 29, 2016.

External links

Media related to Tompkinsville (Staten Island Railway station) at Wikimedia Commons

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tompkinsville_station&oldid=1216761122"