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The Staten Island Railway (SIR) is a railroad line in the New York City borough of Staten Island.It is owned by the Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority (SIRTOA), a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and operated by the New York City Transit Authority Department of Subways.
Most of the subway cars in the Transit Museum's fleet are operable, and they are frequently used for subway excursions run by the museum and New York City Transit on various parts of the system. The subway cars are fully furnished with vintage advertising placards and route maps, completing the period atmosphere inside the vehicles.
The NYCT R44s were gradually phased out from December 18, 2009 [4] until September 16, 2010, when the last train made its final trips on the A and C. After retirement, the NYCT R44s were mothballed and placed into storage system-wide. [26] From May 2012 until summer 2013, most of the NYCT R44s were scrapped at Sims Metal Management.
The bus rapid transit system, Select Bus Service, started operating in 2008. [55] The city's cycling network was expanded [56] and Citi Bike, a citywide bike share, was opened in 2013. [57] NYC Ferry, a citywide ferry system, began running its first routes in May 2017. [58]
The R211 is a class of New Technology Train (NTT) subway cars built for the New York City Subway.Being built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing for the B Division and the Staten Island Railway (SIR), they will replace two aging subway car models: all R44 cars on the Staten Island Railway and all R46 subway cars.
The C Eighth Avenue Local [3] is a 19-mile-long (31 km) [4]: 1 rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway.Its route emblem, or "bullet", is blue since it is a part of the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan.
They are the oldest rolling stock since the retirement of the Redbird trains, [10] and the oldest rolling stock of any metro system in North America, as well as some of the oldest rolling stock of any metro system anywhere in the world. [a] [47] The R32s outlasted the newer R38s, R40s, R42s, and New York City Transit R44s. [47]
On June 18, 1957, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) announced plans to have Rockaway-bound A trains skip Grant Avenue, Hudson Street, and Boyd Street during rush hours on a one-month pilot, to take effect July 1.