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The Staten Island Railway doesn't get the attention or the ridership of the city's subway system, but it's facing challenges of its own that the new head of the commuter line is eager to take on. He spoke with NY1 transit reporter Jose Martinez.

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This could be like the problem with the ME-1s.

 

 

 

A fire at Clifton Shops on April 5, 1962, destroyed seven train cars, adding to 13 lost in two previous fires and two that were scrapped.[10] This left the SIRT with only 48 cars to operate service with.[10] This car shortage meant that all but four of the SIRT's train cars were in service during rush hours, which is an uncomfortably small margin.[10] In order to maintain this service, the SIRT had carefully scheduled maintenance for their train cars.[10] A number of trains were rushed back to Saint George as passenger-free expresses, after dropping their loads in the evening rush, helping make up for the lack of train cars.[10] The Transit Authority set aside nine BMT Standards for a possible transfer to the SIRT due to the car shortage.[10] The SIRT also looked at a proposal to transfer some D type cars.[10] Neither of the proposals came to pass.[10]
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You know what I realized? It's a funny coincidence that the three new contracts are all the numbers (or really close to) the major numbered cross streets on Hillside in Queens.

 

That's true, I was in the city early this year and walked by those streets on Hillside. I laughed thinking about the 179s, 188s, and 211s as I passed them. In the meanwhile, Staten Island is one place I have yet to go too.

 

Since the ME-2s (yeah that's they are also known as) will be sticking around until 2020, it gives me a chance to ride old cars on Staten Island. I'll even ride the ferry.

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