TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK CITY (STATEN ISLAND)


NEW YORK CITY-STATEN ISLAND/HISTORIC DETAIL

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Staten Island (Richmond Railways)

Horse Car
Until 1890 - Staten Island Shore Railway
1890-1893 - Staten Island Belt Line Railroad Co.

Electric Streetcar
1895-1902 - Staten Island Electric Railroad Co.
1902-1927 - Richmond Light & Railroad Co.
1927-1934 - Richmond Railways
1933 - buses introduced by affiliated company Staten Island Coach Co.
1934 - streetcars replaced with buses

1933-1946 - Staten Island Coach Co.
1946-1947 - Isle Transportation Co.
1947-1953 - New York City Board Of Transportation
1953-present - New York City Transit Authority

Staten Island (Staten Island Midland)

Electric Streetcar
1890-1892 - South Beach Railway Co.
1892-1895 - Port Richmond & Prohibition Park Electric Railroad Co.
1895-1907 - Staten Island Midland Railroad Co.
1907-1920 - Staten Island Midland Railway Co.
1920-1927 - New York City Department of Plant & Structures
1921-1927 - operated trolleybuses
1927 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by new company

1925-1937 - Tompkins Bus Co.
1937-1946 - Staten Island Coach Co.
1946-1947 - Isle Transportation Co.
1947-1953 - New York City Board Of Transportation
1953-present - New York City Transit Authority

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1968)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority


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