whatthefuckiswrongwithyoupeople?

Staten Island Railway, a subway line? Officially, it’s considered a “rail line”. However, the locals try in vain to claim that’s it’s a “subway”. The G train, however, is directly connected to the main MTA system, but does not touch Manhattan (it also runs below street level). No other line does this – aside from some crap “shuttle train”.

Regardless, nothing beats a connecting ferry ride!

Yes, the Staten Island Railway (SIR) has “subway stations”. What is a subway station? Every single subway station I’ve utilized in the NYC subway station requires you to pay a fare to enter (i.e., you need to swipe the metro card). Not so in thse so-called “subway stations” of the SIR – you only are required to pay fare at the St. George station; any other station on the line is free to enter. There isn’t a station on the line that is “subterranean”. Granted, the majority of 7 train stations are elevated, but it still grinds down into the smelly bowels of Manhattan…

Yes, the SIR borrowed a handful of subway cars from the NYC subway system – all of which had to be modified in order to run on its Federal Railroad Administration-regulated freight lines.

And on the third point, the SIR only takes Metrocards in one of its stations. That’s not much to ballyhoo.

I, sir, stand by my statement that the SIR is not a subway. It’s a wanna-be poser!!

/local nonsense