Pleasant Plains station

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Pleasant Plains
MTA NYC logo.svg Staten Island Railway station (rapid transit)
Pleasant Plains SIR jeh.JPG
Northbound train arriving
General information
LocationPenton Street & Amboy Road
Pleasant Plains, Staten Island
Coordinates 40°31′21″N74°13′04″W / 40.5224°N 74.2179°W / 40.5224; -74.2179
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg NYCT Bus: S55, SIM26
Construction
Structure type Embankment
Other information
Station code518
History
OpenedJune 2, 1860 [1]
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Staten Island Railway Following station
Prince's Bay
toward St. George
NYCS-bull-trans-SIR-Std.svg Richmond Valley
toward Tottenville
Location
Pleasant Plains station

The Pleasant Plains station is an elevated Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Pleasant Plains, Staten Island, New York.

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History

The station opened on June 2, 1860, with the opening of the Staten Island Railway from Annadale to Tottenville. [1]

In 1913, the station received several improvements. Electric lights were installed in the signals, platform, and station, a new concrete lack was installed on the station approach, metal sheet was installed to cover the waiting room and ticket office, and the station received a fresh coat of paint. [2]

Station layout

Located at Penton Street and Amboy Road, the station has two side platforms and orange canopies. Parts of the old northbound platforms are visible and can be viewed from either side at the north end of this station; wooden boards and concrete are evidence of this.

Platform
level		 Side platform
Southbound← NYCS-bull-trans-SIR-Std.svg toward Tottenville (Richmond Valley)
Northbound→ NYCS-bull-trans-SIR-Std.svg toward St. George (Prince's Bay) →
Side platform
GroundStreet levelExit/entrance, buses

Exit

The only exit is at the northeast end of each platform, which leads to Amboy Road via a 75-foot (23 m) long passage and steps. [3] [4]

Mount Loretto Spur

South of the station [5] is another set of crossovers and the right-of-way of the Mount Loretto Spur that formerly served the Mount Loretto orphanage. The B&O served the Mt. Loretto non-electrified branch until 1950, which had some industry and a passenger station. [1] [6] The Mt. Loretto branch track was removed in the 1960s and 1970s but some ties were visible until the 1980s. A coal dump trestle is all that remains, located behind the powerhouse.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Irvin Leigh and Paul Matus (December 23, 2001). "SIRT The Essential History". p. 5. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
  2. ↑ Bernstein, E. (December 1913). "Improvements at Pleasant Plains Station, S. I." Baltimore and Ohio Employes Magazine. 2 (3).
  3. ↑ "Map of NYC Subway Entrances". NYC Open Data. City of New York . Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ Darlington, Peggy (June 2000). "Image of Pleasant Plains". nycsubway.org. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ SIRT by Irvin Leigh and Paul Matus
  6. ↑ SIRT Map Gary Owens SIRT Site

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