Toby von Meistersinger

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:28:05 -0500

Back in the pre-MetroCard days, you had to pay the conductor who issued you a receipt, much like you would get on Metro-North/the LIRR/NJ Transit when you pay cash. The odd thing is that the Staten Island Railway uses R44 subway cars and when they have to do heavy maintenance on them, they have to be trucked to the Coney Island Shops. Ironically, the 4th Avenue BMT subway had provisions to link in with the Staten Island Railway, but the legend goes that some of them were destroyed by Robert Moses when the built the V-N Bridge.

Quenepa

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:14:48 -0500

That's crazy! train

thenebula

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:05:42 -0500

Free unless you get off at St. George, where they charge you $2 to exit.

Tar_Baby

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:52:56 -0500

Are the SI subways free?

Gothamist: Staten Island Train Goes Off the Rails in Tottenville

Toby von Meistersinger

Quenepa

thenebula

Tar_Baby