Tompkinsville station

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template other The Tompkinsville station is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York. It is located at Victory Boulevard and Bay Street on the railroad's main line. This is one of two stations on the line that require fare payment to enter or exit, the other being St. George.

History

This station opened on July 31, 1884, with the extension of the SIRT from Vanderbilt's Landing (now Clifton) to Tompkinsville.

Station layout

The station is located at grade with an island platform and two tracks. All staircases go up to overpasses at both ends of the station.

M	Station house	Exit/entrance, fare control, overpass to street
G	Bypass track	← No passenger service
	Southbound	← Template:Rint toward Template:Stl (Template:SIR platform layout/previous) ← Template:Rint rush hour express does not stop here
	Island platform
	Northbound	→ Template:Rint toward Template:Stl (Template:SIR platform layout/next) → → Template:Rint AM rush express does not stop here → → (No service: Template:Stl)

Exits

The north entrance leads to Victory Boulevard, where an overpass leads west to Bay Street and east to Joseph H. Lyons Pool. There is a parking lot adjacent to the southbound track at Victory Boulevard. The south entrance leads to Hannah Street. There is a third track adjacent to the southbound track at the southern end of the station; it is part of the Tompkinsville Non-Revenue Repair Shop, which contains barns on both sides of the line and is south of this station. The shop was repaired in the 1990s, with the contract awarded in May 1994 for $1,969,777. As part of the project, a addition was made to the facility, the existing freight house was demolished, the interior of the shop building was renovated, and the area in front of the building was paved.Template:Rp The Victory Boulevard pedestrian overpass was replaced in 1999.

Because one-fifth of passengers transferring to the Staten Island Ferry used to exit or enter at Tompkinsville to avoid paying the fare at St. George (located away), it was estimated that the Staten Island Railway was losing $3.4 million a year due to fare avoidance. Therefore, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority closed the Victory Boulevard entrance on August 28, 2008. A new $6.9 million station house was built, which included turnstiles for both entering and exiting customers; it opened on January 20, 2010. The Hannah Street entrance on the station's south end is now used only for emergencies.

External links

• Hannah Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Victory Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View