On the drawing board

If plans reach fruition — far from a guarantee — a triangular connection of three rail lines
will ring the outskirts of Staten Island, linking Pleasant Plains on the south with the
St. George Ferry Terminal on the northeast and the Bayonne Bridge on the northwest,
with a possible connection to Bayonne.

To Hudson-Bergen Light Rail

via the Bayonne Bridge
The right of way still exists
for the North Shore rail line,
which hasn’t been used ST. GEORGE
for passenger service in
more than 50 years. It runs SOUTH AVE.
a few blocks south

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Clifton
the western end, and runs .

along the waterfront from

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terminuses, the exact
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a proposed West Shore A rail line connecting

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Rail line has yet Clifton and South Beach

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to be decided. during the waterfront’s

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heyday was abandoned

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in 1953. Homes can now

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be found along some spots

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where trains used to

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shuttle beachgoers.
PARK & RIDE

Pleasant Plains The Staten Island Railway’s

origins date back to the
Tottenville mid-19th century, when
a group of farmers
and businessmen established
a route between Clifton
and Tottenville. Today, the
Railway carries about 16,000
passengers every weekday.

S.I. Railway North Shore (planned) West Shore (planned) East Shore (defunct)

STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE/ROXANNE RICKER