STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Staten Island Railway (SIR) is rolling into the future, one train car at a time. On Tuesday morning, the newest train for the SIR departed from Platform 5 at the St. George ...

The subway’s forgotten borough entered the 21st century Tuesday, as the first set of new R-211 train cars entered passenger service on the Staten Island Railway. The cars — a variant of the R-211s ...

MTA Chair Janno Lieber leading the test ride of a complete R211 subway train in the Coney Island Yard, scheduled for passenger service in upcoming months. Paul Martinka The MTA insists that Gov.

The Staten Island Railway should be stripped of promised new trains over the borough’s vocal opposition to the now-paused congestion-pricing program, an MTA board member suggested. Plans call for ...

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