Tompkinsville (Staten Island Railway station)

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Tompkinsville
Staten Island Railway rapid transit station
Tompkinsville Station.JPG
Sign at Tompkinsville SIR Station
Station statistics
Address Bay Street & Victory Boulevard
Staten Island, NY 10301
Borough Staten Island
Locale Tompkinsville
Coordinates 40°38′13″N 74°04′30″W / 40.63700°N 74.07487°W / 40.63700; -74.07487 (Tompkinsville Station)Coordinates: 40°38′13″N 74°04′30″W / 40.63700°N 74.07487°W / 40.63700; -74.07487 (Tompkinsville Station)
Services SIR Main Line
Structure At-grade
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 3 (1 not for passenger service)
Other information
Opened July 31, 1884[1]
Station succession
Preceding station   Staten Island Railway   Following station
Terminus
Main Line
toward Port Ivory
North Shore Branch
closed
From above

Tompkinsville is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York, located at Victory Boulevard and Bay Street on the main line. It is located at grade with an island platform, but all staircases go up for overpasses at both ends. The north entrance leads to Victory Boulevard and Bay Street and there is a parking lot adjacent to the southbound track. The south entrance leads to Hannah Street and there is a third track adjacent to the southbound track on that side. It is part of a Maintenance of Way shop, with barns on both sides of this line and located south of this station.

Because many passengers used to exit at Tompkinsville, most likely to avoid paying the fare at St. George, the SIR installed turnstiles and a stationhouse at the Victory Boulevard entrance which opened on January 20, 2010. Customers who enter at the Victory Boulevard entrance now pay the fare. The Hannah Street entrance is used only for emergencies.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Irvin Leigh and Paul Matus (December 23, 2001). "SIRT The Essential History". p. 6. http://www.thethirdrail.net/0201/sirt6.html. Retrieved 2009-03-03. 

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