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Arrochar was a station on the demolished South Beach Branch of the Staten Island Railway. It had two side platforms and two tracks and was located at Major Avenue. The station was able to platform two train cars.[1]

Arrochar
Former Staten Island Railway station
General information
Location	Arrochar, Staten Island
Coordinates	40.599722°N 74.066528°W / 40.599722; -74.066528 (Arrochar Station)
Line(s)	South Beach Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
History
Opened	March 8, 1886; 136 years ago (1886-03-08)
Closed	March 31, 1953; 69 years ago (1953-03-31)
Former services
Preceding station Staten Island Railway Following station Fort Wadsworth toward Clifton South Beach Branch Cedar Avenue toward Wentworth Avenue

History

This station was abandoned when the SIRT discontinued passenger service on the South Beach Branch to Wentworth Avenue at midnight on March 31, 1953, because of city-operated bus competition.[1][2][3][4] The station was fully demolished when the toll plaza of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge was built near the same location. Only one staircase that led to the station remained by 1963, as the rest of the station was covered by displaced dirt coming from the construction of the approach to the Verrazano Bridge. The location where McClean Avenue used to bridge over the right-of-way, which was built in 1936, has been filled in some time after 1964 for the construction of houses along the right-of-way, and the bridge can still be detected by the cement in the middle of McClean Avenue.[1]

References

External links

• http://www.gretschviking.net/GOSIRTPage1.htm

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