Arlington station (Staten Island Railway)

Arlington
Former Staten Island Railway station
General information
LocationArlington, Staten Island
Coordinates40°38′01″N 74°09′58″W / 40.6335°N 74.1661°W / 40.6335; -74.1661 (Arlington station)
Line(s)North Shore Branch
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
History
Opened1889–1890
ClosedMarch 31, 1953; 71 years ago (1953-03-31)
Previous namesArlington − South Avenue[1][2]
Former services
Preceding station Staten Island Railway Following station
Port Ivory
Terminus
 North Shore Branch Harbor Road
toward St. George

Arlington was a station on the abandoned North Shore Branch of the Staten Island Railway, in Staten Island, New York. Located in an open-cut 5.2 miles (8.4 km) from the St. George Terminal,[3] it had two tracks and one island platform.[4] For a few years before its closure in 1953, it was the western (railroad direction south) terminus of the North Shore Line;[4] before then, the terminus was the Port Ivory station to the west, though most trains terminated at Arlington.[5][6] It was located in the Arlington and Mariners Harbor sections of Staten Island, near the Arlington Yard, under the South Avenue overpass, between Arlington Place and Brabant Street.[4]

  1. ^ "NYCT NORTH SHORE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS: Alternatives Analysis Report" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, SYSTRA. August 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "North Shore Alternatives Analysis: Rail Alignment Drawings Arlington-St. George" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, SYSTRA. September 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  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. ^ a b c Pitanza, Marc (2015). Staten Island Rapid Transit Images of Rail. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-2338-9.
  5. ^ "North Shore Alternatives Analysis: Public Meeting THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010 7:00 p.m." (PDF). zetlin.com. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 22, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  6. ^ Weekly Reports and Index Containing Decisions, Opinions and Rulings for New York State Departments, Commissions and Courts. State Departments Information Company, Incorporated. 1917. pp. 1962–1963. Retrieved July 31, 2015.