About: Staten Island bus route history

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Bus routes in Staten Island all originally took the prefix R- for the borough of Richmond. This was changed to S-, probably about the time that the borough was officially named Staten Island (1975). Around 1989, the route numbers were changed. The listing below is ordered by the original numbers, with the new numbers shown as well. The largest street railway company in Staten Island was originally the Richmond Light & Railroad Co. In addition, the Staten Island Midland Railway operated a few routes.

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rdfs:label	Staten Island bus route history
rdfs:comment	Bus routes in Staten Island all originally took the prefix R- for the borough of Richmond. This was changed to S-, probably about the time that the borough was officially named Staten Island (1975). Around 1989, the route numbers were changed. The listing below is ordered by the original numbers, with the new numbers shown as well. The largest street railway company in Staten Island was originally the Richmond Light & Railroad Co. In addition, the Staten Island Midland Railway operated a few routes.
dcterms:subject	Bus transportation in New York City
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abstract	Bus routes in Staten Island all originally took the prefix R- for the borough of Richmond. This was changed to S-, probably about the time that the borough was officially named Staten Island (1975). Around 1989, the route numbers were changed. The listing below is ordered by the original numbers, with the new numbers shown as well. The largest street railway company in Staten Island was originally the Richmond Light & Railroad Co. In addition, the Staten Island Midland Railway operated a few routes. In 1920, the Staten Island Midland Railway failed, and their streetcar routes were taken over by the New York City Department of Plant and Structures. The Department of Plant and Structures also started some trolleybus routes, beginning in 1921. In 1925, the Tompkins Bus Co. was formed, and was awarded a franchise to operate gasoline buses on Staten Island. Buses replaced the Department of Plant and Structures streetcar and trolleybus routes, and new bus routes were formed serving previously unserved areas. In 1927, the Richmond Light & Railroad Co. was renamed to Richmond Railways, and in 1933, a Richmond Railways subsidiary Staten Island Coach Co. began operating buses, which gradually replaced the Richmond Railways streetcar routes. The two separate bus systems continued to operate until 1937, when the Staten Island Coach Co. began operating the Tompkins Bus Co. routes. The former Tompkins Bus Co. routes were given new route numbers in the 100's. The Staten Island Coach Co. went out of business in 1946, and the Isle Transportation Co., a company organized by some Staten Island Coach Co. employees, briefly began operating the buses on Staten Island. However, the Isle Transportation Co. did not last long, itself going bankrupt in 1947, and the city took over the buses on Feb. 23 of that year. This was the first city-operated bus service (other than the Williamsburg Bridge line, which retained city operation under the Board of Transportation) after the end of the Department of Plant and Structures.

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