Rail link would help travelers on North Shore
By Letters to the Editor/Staten Island Adva...
November 17, 2009, 5:05PM
By TAMIRA FLASH, BULLS HEAD

Why does the Staten Island train run only on one side of the Island?

To begin, there is currently one train on Staten Island. It only travels between St. George and Tottenville,
passing through residential towns along its way. The people who reside in those areas most definitely find it
very convenient.

In 1953, it was decided that the train that runs from Arlington to St. George be eliminated, but “why” is
the question. What was the reason to make it an inconvenience to the Islanders on the far end of the North
Shore? Wouldn’t they want an easier way to reach certain places other than taking the city bus or using their
car?

I personally find it very inconvenient when I know I have to take a bus to reach where I would like to go.

I hope that one day the Staten Island Railway will circle around the whole Island, making life easier for
everyone who could really benefit from it.

[The writer is a College of Staten Island student, one of more than a dozen who wrote to the Advance as
part of an assignment in a class on American government and politics.]

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