Old Town (Staten Island Railway station)
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Old Town is a Staten Island Railway
station in the neighborhood of Old Town, Staten Island
, New York
. It is located on an embankment at Railroad Avenue on the main line. It has two side platform
s, and metal orange canopies and walls. The exit at the south end leads to Old Town Road
while an additional staircase at the north end of the northbound platform leads to a roadway to Dawson Place and Oregon Road. Just south of this station, there is a spur that formerly served the press building of the Staten Island Advance
newspaper that is nowadays used as a storage spur for ballast
cars.
Staten Island Railway
The Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority, publicly known as MTA Staten Island Railway or SIR, is the operator of the lone rapid transit line in the borough of Staten Island, New York City, USA...
station in the neighborhood of Old Town, Staten Island
Old Town, Staten Island
Old Town is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Staten Island, located on its East Shore. Old Town was established in August 1661 as part of New Netherland, and was the first permanent European settlement on Staten Island...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. It is located on an embankment at Railroad Avenue on the main line. It has two side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s, and metal orange canopies and walls. The exit at the south end leads to Old Town Road
Old Town Road
Old Town Road is a short but primary east-west artery in East Shore, Staten Island.It is known to provide the shortest route between Richmond Road and Hylan Boulevard....
while an additional staircase at the north end of the northbound platform leads to a roadway to Dawson Place and Oregon Road. Just south of this station, there is a spur that formerly served the press building of the Staten Island Advance
Staten Island Advance
The Staten Island Advance is a daily newspaper published in the borough of Staten Island in New York City. The only daily newspaper published in the borough, and the only borough to have its own major daily paper, it covers news of local and community interest, including borough politics. As of...
newspaper that is nowadays used as a storage spur for ballast
Track ballast
Track ballast forms the trackbed upon which railway sleepers or railroad ties are laid. It is packed between, below, and around the ties. It is used to facilitate drainage of water, to distribute the load from the railroad ties, and also to keep down vegetation that might interfere with the track...
cars.