Grasmere station
Grasmere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Staten Island Railwaystation (rapid transit) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Platform and northbound track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Clove Road and Giles Place Grasmere,Staten Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°36′12″N74°05′02″W/ 40.60347°N 74.08378°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  NYCT Bus:S53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Open-cut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 505 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | c. 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TheGrasmere stationis aStaten Island Railwaystation in the neighborhood ofGrasmere,Staten Island,New York.It is located at Clove Road on the Main Line.
History
[edit]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
[edit]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 abandonedSouth Beach Branch.The branch was closed on March 31, 1953 due to poor ridership and the SIRT's financial issues.[5][6][7]
| G | Street level | Exit/entrance, parking, buses |
| P Platform level |
Southbound | ← towardGreat KillsorTottenville(Old Town)← rush hour express does not stop here
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| Island platform | ||
| Northbound | towardSt. George(Clifton)→AM rush express does not stop here →
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Exit
[edit]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 brickstation housefrom the 1933 grade separation project, located over theTottenville-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 morningrush hour.[8]
References
[edit]- ^New York (State). Board of Railroad Commissioners(Volume 2 ed.). 1886.RetrievedDecember 6,2015.
- ^Sedon, Michael (May 18, 2012)."Major repairs on the way for Staten Island Railway".SILive.com.RetrievedDecember 24,2017.
- ^MTA Grasmere Station Getting Major RepairsArchivedMay 20, 2012, at theWayback MachineMay 21, 2012
- ^Sedon, Michael (July 11, 2012)."Staten Island Railway construction at Grasmere means weekend detour".SILive.com.RetrievedDecember 24,2017.
- ^Pitanza, Marc (2015).Staten Island Rapid Transit Images of Rail.Arcadia Publishing.ISBN978-1-4671-2338-9.
- ^Leigh, Irvin; Matus, Paul (January 2002)."Staten Island Rapid Transit: The Essential History".thethirdrail.net.The Third Rail Online. Archived fromthe originalon May 30, 2015.RetrievedJune 27,2015.
- ^Drury, George H. (1994).The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: Histories, Figures, and Features of more than 160 Railroads Abandoned or Merged since 1930.Waukesha, Wisconsin:Kalmbach Publishing.pp. 312–314.ISBN0-89024-072-8.
- ^"Map of NYC Subway Entrances".NYC Open Data.City of New York.RetrievedJuly 10,2018.
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