South Beach Branch

South Beach Branch
SIRT Employee Timetable 1921–1922 East Shore and Perth Amboy Sub-Divisions
Overview
Status	Abandoned
Owner	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Locale	Staten Island, New York, U.S.
Termini	Clifton Wentworth Avenue
Stations	8
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Staten Island Railway
Operator(s)	Staten Island Railway
History
Opened	January 1, 1888
Closed	March 31, 1953
Technical
Line length	4.1 miles (6.6 km)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification	1925
Route map Legend SIR Main Line to St. George Clifton SIR Main Line to Tottenville 2.0 Bachmann 2.1 Rosebank 2.5 Belair Road 2.7 Fort Wadsworth 3.2 Arrochar 3.5 Cedar Avenue 3.9 South Beach 4.1 Wentworth Avenue This diagram: view talk edit

The South Beach Branch, also called the East Shore Sub-Division,^[1] is an abandoned branch of the Staten Island Railway in New York City, which operated along Staten Island's East Shore from Clifton to Wentworth Avenue. This 4.1-mile (6.6 km) double-tracked branch left the Main Line at 40°37′08″N 74°04′18″W / 40.61889°N 74.07167°W / 40.61889; -74.07167, south of the Clifton station, and lay to the east of the Main Line.

Rapid transit service on the South Beach Branch and the North Shore Branch ended on March 31, 1953.